Web of systems exploited for insidious financial abuse

Perpetrators of financial abuse exploit tax and business systems to damage mostly women victims. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Courts, banks and Centrelink are being used as a web of systems to perpetrate financial abuse, with experts calling for meaningful reforms to protect victims.

An estimated one in six women and one in 13 men experience financial abuse by a partner, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.