Project Wickenby

Who are we?

The Project Wickenby cross-agency task force consists of eight federal departments and agencies:

• Australian Taxation Office
• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
• Australian Securities & Investments Commission
• Australian Crime Commission
• Australian Federal Police
• Attorney-General's Department
• Australian Government Solicitor
• Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

The eight agencies work together in partnership, with the ATO as the lead agency.

Project Wickenby is the first time the full range of Australian Government resources has been used to address the significant threat that illegal offshore schemes pose to the integrity of Australia's financial and regulatory systems.

By combining legal and administrative powers, the Project Wickenby task force is more effective than any single agency acting independently. Task force activities include intelligence sharing, tax audits, criminal investigations, prosecutions and education programs.

Project Wickenby versus Operation Wickenby

Operation Wickenby refers to the criminal investigations led by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) since 2004. Project Wickenby refers to the broader cross-agency task force, which now consists of eight agencies, including the ACC.

Sections within Who are we?

• Working together