Tranferring money from UK to Australia

[Alagopus]

I posted this in Finance a while ago and only got 1 answer so am hoping to get 'more exposure' here.
http://www.theanswerb...e/Question963077.html

I'm looking for the best way to transfer a large sum of money without falling foul of money laundering.

If I put it into our UK bank account they say that I can only move 5000 pounds at a time as I'm not living in the country. My earlier response said this shouldn't be the case if I could show where the money came from but the bank claims otherwise saying I 'would have to do it in person'!

There are foreign exchange companies like OzForex (UKForex) or Tranzfers which appear trustworthy but I wondered if anyone out there had any direct experience (good or bad) of them - or any other ideas?

I know it's late for you but here's hoping.

[Dris]

Seems a bit odd mind you -we xfer money every month to Spain but we are UK residents and even then we have to appear personally annually and its not for the sums youre tallking.
Would it be not worth your while to just travel from where you are to sew it up personally?
I know its not the answer you want but i'd be tempted to.

[Alagopus]

Thanks for that Dris, I think that will have to be my 'plan B'.

I just spoke to one of the traders from OzForex and he suggested a few things to discuss with the bank so I'll ring them again later.