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Predicate offence

AML/CTF

The underlying criminal offence that generates the proceeds being laundered. Tax evasion, drug trafficking, fraud, corruption, and proceeds-of-crime offences are common predicates relevant to club gaming. A reporting entity does not need to identify the specific predicate to form a reasonable suspicion warranting a Suspicious Matter Report (SMR) — the suspicion that funds may relate to a serious offence is sufficient under s.41 of the AML/CTF Act 2006.

This term sits in the AML/CTF section of the working glossary — vocabulary that recurs across the AUSTRAC reporting-entity regime, the AML/CTF Act 2006, and the AML/CTF Rules 2025.

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