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The Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act

6th December 2007

The Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) starts on 12 December 2007.  Do you know what you have to do?

These laws place significant due diligence obligations upon the staff of Financial Services organisations, however the risk-based approach put forward by Austrac leaves a knowledge gap as to exactly what a Manager should do “at the coalface” to comply.

The PRM Group have developed packages of Pre Employment Screening Checks to suit all levels of responsibility and risk within your organisation.  They are based upon the tried and true compliance packages for the APRA/ASIC Fit & Proper Person guidelines with specific additions. Read more



Who we are and what we do best.

The PRM Group is an experienced service provider in the area of Pre Employment Screening including Security Checks and Risk Management.  In fact, we are the longest established organisation in Australia dedicated to pre employment screening.  Personnel Risk Management (Australia) was registered with ASIC in 1997 and later changed its name to The Personnel Risk Management Group.  We invite you to check our company history with ASIC.  We have been working in Australia, New Zealand and many other countries since the inception of the company.  We have now established major links with companies who perform similar roles in the UK, the USA and almost all continents of the world.

Our systems are predominately Web based, which enhances data entry, and provides a fast and fraud resistant vehicle to process checks and report results directly to the client.  (Note: the Candidate must always authorise us to do the check on them first.)  Our vision is to continue to improve our systems whilst maintaining the highest levels of integrity and corporate governance for our clients and ourselves.

On-Line Police Checks  The PRM Group can assist with fast turnaround, on line police checks, for all areas of your business including General Employment, Volunteers, Company Name Checks, ASIC AFSL, APRA Fit & Proper Persons etc.

AML/CTF Checks  We have developed packages of checks to meet any risk level within your organisation to comply with the Anti Money Laundering Legislation.

DIAC Checks (formerly known as DIMIA)  Legislation was introduced on 19th August 2007, by the Commonwealth Government, which mandates criminal offences for knowingly or recklessly allowing an illegal worker to work in Australia.  The Act provides for fines for companies of up to $66,000 and fines for individuals (i.e. the HR Manager) of up to $13,200 and/or two years jail.  The PRM Group can do these checks for you on-line, and in most cases, on the same day.

Reference Checks  Only with pre-qualified Line Managers covering at least 5 years work.

Academic Qualification Checks  These checks are to ensure that the person you are employing has the qualifications that they say they have. Try typing “fake university degrees” into Google and see 3.5 million entries!

Pre Employment Medicals and Drug & Alcohol Testing  We have a long standing arrangement with the HSA Group to provide Health Checks and Drug & Alcohol Screening checks on a National basis.  There are 20 key locations and over 700 approved providers across metro, rural and remote Australian locations.

...and much much more  The PRM Group assists many employers with all their pre-employment screening services, such as reference checks confirmation of employment and 57 other varieties of checks.  Talk to us and we will make up a bespoke package, tailored to suit your needs and which will provide you with the best coverage, lowest personnel risk and the lowest cost available.  By combining all your PES requirements with The PRM Group you get standardization, volume based costs and Australian Standard level testing.

A "One-Stop-Shop" as they say!

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Checkers sniff out CV porkies as companies flee fraud stings

Sydney Morning Herald - By Sherrill Nixon, Workplace Reporter
9th September 2002

Screening of resumes is becoming big business in Australia as some job seekers resort to blatant lies to beat others or cover up a history of corporate fraud and failure.


Click here to link to the Sydney Morning Herald Web site for full article