Category Archives: Australia

U.S. and Australia Agree to Exchange Information on Criminals

By Daniel Matzkin on November 28th, 2011 Posted in Australia

The United States and Australia have entered into a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the countries’ sharing of crime-combatting resources, including DNA profiles and fingerprints. The State Department’s press release announcing and discussing the new understanding can be found here: http://usrsaustralia.state.gov/us-oz/2011/11/16/wh6.html

Review of Australian laws on bribery of a Commonwealth and foreign public official

By Gabriel Colwell on November 22nd, 2011 Posted in Australia

The following is a guest post from associate Nicole Matraiin Squire Sanders & Dempsey’s Perth, Australia office. The Australian Attorney General’s Department is looking to change some of the key points to Australia’s laws on bribery of a Commonwealth and foreign public official (found in Division 141 and 70 of the Criminal Code Act 1995… Continue Reading