Financial Crime Collaboration Working Group
The ICMEC Australia Collaboration Working Group (CWG) is the first in Australia. It is focused on detecting, reporting, and preventing financial transactions related to CSE. It welcomes participation from any financial institution in Australia committed to protecting children online.
The Working Group brings together financial crime teams from up to 15 banks and payment platforms, collaborating closely with law enforcement representatives from various Australian states, territories, and the federal government.
Each participating bank recognises that combatting CSE payments requires collective action rather than independent efforts. These companies are uniting to establish a unified front against abuse by sharing information, trends, and best practices across the industry.
The Group also works to implement various innovative pilot projects to enhance their capacity to detect CSE. To safeguard the confidentiality of information, all meetings are closed, conducted by invitation only, and adhere to Chatham House rules.
If you want to participate in the group, please contact Rosie Campo at rcampo@icmec.org.au.
Industry Events
Our events are designed to empower those fighting child sexual exploitation (CSE) by providing them with the knowledge, resources, and relationships needed to protect vulnerable children.
We aim to provide stakeholders with current information, advanced strategies, and best practices for identifying, reporting, prosecuting, and preventing CSE through workshops, conferences, networking events, and roundtable discussions.
Our events are held online, in a hybrid format, or in person throughout the year.
Please check our event calendar for the latest events we are running.
Monthly Brown Bags
Virtual one-hour webinars, called Brown Bags, are held once a month. They provide bite-size sessions on key child sexual exploitation (CSE) topics, recent industry research, emerging issues and threats, and expert findings.
You can access recordings of past sessions here.
Upcoming sessions can be found in the events calendar.
ICMEC Australia Symposium
The annual ICMEC Australia Symposium is a unique one-day event that brings together senior stakeholders from multiple sectors all working to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE).
Leaders from the financial services, telecommunications, and other corporate sectors join law enforcement, government, academics and regulators to discuss working together in public-private partnerships to fight CSE.
Details for the 2024 ICMEC Australia Symposium: Vigilant Disruption of CSE will be shared soon.
Applications to attend will open in August 2024.
Other Industry Events
ICMEC Australia hosts regular events to highlight new findings, research and launches. These events showcase expert panels, workshops, and discussions and encourage collaboration. By sharing the latest data and nurturing cross-sector relationships, these gatherings play an important role in fighting CSE and raising awareness.
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