SYDNEY: A second major Australian bank has flagged “weaknesses” in its anti-money laundering controls, months after the financial intelligence agency took the country’s largest firm to court over alleged breaches of the laws.

AUSTRAC filed a civil case against Australia’s biggest bank, the Commonwealth, in August for alleged “serious and systemic non-compliance” over what it said were 50,000 instances of misconduct.

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