7 April 2021
Helen Hardly
Ref: IR-01-21-11125
[FYI request #15067 email]
Dear Ms Hardly,
Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA),
dated 4 April 2021, where you have requested information on suspicious activities
reported from Bank of China New Zealand to New Zealand Police.
In your message you specifically requested:
1. Under the OIA, I would like to know how many activities that Bank of China NZ
has reported to NZ Police in the past 3 actual years been 2020, 2019 and 2018.
2. Also how many of these activities that Bank of China reported has resulted in
further investigation by the NZ police.
3. Who is the contact person and his/her contact details (public available) within
Bank of China who focuses on the suspicious activities reporting, I understand
most Bank would have an open channel to public with regards reporting
suspicious activities.
In response to your request, the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
advise the following:
Request 1
Please see the below breakdown of number of reports per year:
Year
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
Prescribed Transaction
Reports (PTRs)
2018
25
317
2019
10
354
2020
5
329
Request 2
Eleven of the SARs have been referred for further investigation. We are unable to
quantify PTRs that have supported investigations without substantial collation, therefore,
this part of your request is declined pursuant to section 18(f) of the OIA.
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
Request 3
This information is withheld pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy
of natural persons. You may wish to contact the bank directly.
If you are not satisfied with any aspect of the decisions made in this response, you are
entitled to complain to the Ombudsman and seek an investigation and review.
Yours sincerely,
Detective Inspector Christiaan Barnard
Manager: Financial Intelligence Unit
New Zealand Police
Document Outline
- Hardy, Helen IR-01-21-11125 Exec cover sheet.pdf
- Hardy, Helen IR-01-21-11125 Exec Review Pack.pdf
- IR-01-21-11125 Response Letter Final.pdf
- Hardy, Helen IR-01-21-11125 Snr Review Pack.pdf
- Cover Sheet IR-01-21-11125.pdf
- Official Information request - Bank of China reporting suspicious activity to police.pdf