28585 (2025). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs

Written Question

Published date: 17 Jun 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	28585 (2025)
Question asked:	03 Jun 2025
Member asking:	Hon Jenny Salesa
Portfolio:	Minister of Customs
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	11 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_28585_2025
Document guid:	b4a3d81c-060a-4904-9ca4-20f11a516771

28585 (2025). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs: What legal or operational barriers, if any, currently prevent real-time freezing of suspicious funds at the border?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised that the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) has not identified any legal or operational barriers for Customs to detect and detain unreported and suspicious cash at the border under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009.