Money Laundering Drives up Australian House Prices: Senate Hearing

Money Laundering Drives up Australian House Prices: Senate Hearing
High density housing is seen in an established suburb August 2, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Ian Waldie/Getty Images
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A Senate hearing has heard how illegal financial gains from overseas are being pumped into the Australian property market, driving up house prices across the country.
“Australia has become the destination of choice for illicit financial flows ... which too often end up in the property market,” Serena Lillywhite, the CEO of Transparency International Australia, told a Senate inquiry on Tuesday.