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Anonymised breakdown of SARs and PTRs for the past three years

Marcus made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

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From: Marcus

Dear New Zealand Police,

This request is a spiritual successor to IR-01-25-11568 which was filed almost a year ago.

I had asked the Ombudsman to request the response as there was an inconsistency around previous SAR/PTR data being released in regards to one specific named entity.

As part of the response, the Ombudsman mentioned that the FIU "is happy to provide you with anonymised SAR and PTR data" which is an offer that I'm here to take up.

As such, I would be interested in a table containing an anonymised count of (Suspicious Activity Reports) and PTRs (Prescribed Transaction Reports) received for the past 3 years.

Specifically, it would be nice to have this broken down by the number of reporting banks, with their details anonymised. I'm mainly curious around whether SARs/PTRs are reported evenly.

This would also presumably exclude those banks that are part of the Designated Business Group as mentioned on Page 36 of the FIU's New Zealand National Risk Assessment 2024.

Please let me know if you need to make any further adjustments given the sensitive of the information.

Yours faithfully,

Marcus

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe Marcus

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-26-9102.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 14 April 2026 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters

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New Zealand Police

Attachment OIA Response IR 01 26 9102.pdf
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Tēnā koe Marcus

 

Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 13 March 2026.

 

Ngā mihi

Lisa

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

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From: Marcus

Dear Ministerial Services,

Thanks for sending through that response!

I realise that I wasn't as clear as I should have been in my original request but would I be able to get each entity broken down per year as well (ie; entity A, year 2023, PTRs, entity A, year 2024, PTRs) etc?

Yours sincerely,

Marcus

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Attachment STRPTR Reporting 232425 Anonymised Reports By Year.xlsx
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Kia ora Marcus,

Please find attached the spreadsheet with data broken down per year, as requested in your below email.

Ngā mihi,

Keenia
Advisor | Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

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