R v Ali, Ahmad; R v Elayouby, Elamira-Zahira; R v Moussa, Fouad [2020] NSWDC 56

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ali, Ahmad; R v Elayouby, Elamira-Zahira; R v Moussa, Fouad [2020] NSWDC 56 Hearing dates: 12 March 2020; 13 March 2020 Decision date: 20 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Yehia SC DCJ Decision: Orders set out in full at [204]–[214] Catchwords: CRIME – money laundering – dealing with money intending that it become an instrument of crime – the conduct of structured transactions to avoid reporting requirements

SENTENCING – subjective considerations on sentence – exceptional hardship to third parties – where an offender is a single mother and the evidence establishes on a balance of probabilities that there is no suitable placement for the child with family or friend

SENTENCING – penalties – full-time imprisonment or Intensive Correction Order? Legislation Cited: Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), Part 1B Criminal Code (Cth), ss 11.2A(1) and 400.3(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 66 Cases Cited: R v Huang; R v Siu (2007) 174 A Crim R 370 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Kremisis v R [2016] NSWCCA 257 Carter v R [2018] NSWCCA 138 R v MacLeod [2013] NSWCCA 108 R v Zarafa (2013) 235 A Crim R 265 R v Pogson [2012] NSWCCA 225 Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 R v Fangaloka [2019] NSWCCA 173 Casella v R [2019] NSWCCA 201 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Category: Sentence Parties: Proceedings 2017/00323112: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Ahmad Ali