For money laundering offences under ss 400.4 and 400.5 of the Criminal Code (Cth) involving approximately $700,000 transferred over a two-month period as part of a drug trafficking syndicate, where the offender had positive good character, no significant prior criminal history, and the offending constituted a continuing course of conduct of limited duration, a total effective sentence of 6 years with a 4-year non-parole period was appropriate. The case confirms that caution must be exercised in gauging parity where co-offenders face different charges under different sections with different maximum penalties, and where one co-offender received a cooperation discount.
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