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Former Crown Resorts director criticises authorities for not convicting money launderers

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

The former director of Crown Resorts has blasted the Australian federal police and border authorities for inaction over money laundering and other crimes committed at casinos.

John Poynton questioned why Australian authorities had still not convicted anyone connected to the money laundering first uncovered by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald in 2019 and subsequently explored by state inquiries and royal commissions into the Crown and Star casinos, in an interview with Business News. 

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