Public validation pages and PDFs change. Hashing them weekly detects drift — it does not mean packs auto-update themselves.
AML schemas and validation tables evolve. Teams that embed a static pack without a drift signal eventually file against yesterday’s rules.
What recon does here
- Weekly job hashes published FINTRAC pages, FinCEN guides, and public AUSTRAC Rules.
- A hash change means humans should refresh transcription — not that production auto-rewrote packs.
- AUSTRAC Online structural schemas need an Australian reporting-entity login, so we haven't copied those rule lists.
Treat a green recon as “sources match last week,” never as “we equal the live portal.”