ANZ
- agentorangechild
- Jul 29
- 7 min read
Updated: Aug 21
Subject: Formal Legal Notification – ICC Article 15 Filing, Transnational Organised Crime, Crimes Against Humanity Involving ANZ
Dear ANZ Statutory Compliance Team,
This is a formal legal notice.
As of Saturday, 26 July 2025, ANZ was placed on record in relation to an international legal complaint submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) under Article 15 of the Rome Statute. You are now formally advised that your institution may be implicated in a broader international case involving:
Crimes against humanity, including the long-term impact of chemical warfare on civilians and children,
Transnational Organised Crime, as defined under the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC),
And corporate complicity in treaty violations, under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
I am the biological child of an Australian Vietnam War veteran exposed to Agent Orange (TCDD) — one of the most toxic synthetic chemicals ever produced. My birth is recorded in my father’s military file. I have 17 confirmed congenital and degenerative conditions that match known patterns of second-generation dioxin harm. Despite this, the Australian Government (the State) has denied my lawful rights, refused to acknowledge the harm, and blocked all forms of redress.
Because every domestic door was closed — including access to health, disability, and compensation systems — I was forced to escalate internationally.
On 1 July 2025, I filed a complaint under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, naming:
The Australian Government, for systemic obstruction and denial of chemical warfare-related harm;
TCDD manufacturers, including Dow Chemical, Monsanto, and their successor entities, for producing and distributing dioxin-contaminated herbicides with full knowledge of their harm;
And multiple financial institutions, now including ANZ, for continuing to provide services, investment, and protection to corporate actors while ignoring the legal and ethical obligations to affected civilians.
This is no longer a policy matter. It is a criminal one.
Under Article 25 of the Rome Statute, individuals and institutions that knowingly enable, conceal, or fail to act in response to crimes against humanity may be held accountable. Your institution has now been:
Formally notified of the crime and the case;
Informed of its failure to act after disclosure was made;
And listed in Annex B of the ICC submission — which tracks complicity, omission, and deflection by both public and private entities.
Further, ANZ now faces potential exposure under the OECD Guidelines, for failure to conduct proper due diligence, uphold human rights responsibilities, and ensure non-complicity in transnational harms.
All public evidence and legal filings are available at:
I can be contacted directly via AgentOrangeChild@gmail.com for any official response. Silence will be treated as knowing inaction, and documented accordingly.
This case will not be buried.
The State failed. The corporations profited.
And now the banks are on the record.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
30/7/2025
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
Complaint ID 4949610
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Hi Danielle
Your complaint has been recorded.
Thank you for raising your complaint with ANZ.
Your Complaint ID is 4949610
To view ANZ's Complaint Guide, please visit our website anz.com.au and search for 'complaints'.
19/08/2025
Subject: Breach of Deadline – Treaty Violations, UN Warnings, and Escalation (Final Reminder 22 August 2025)
To ANZ,
You are already in breach of the 7 August 2025 deadline that was given for substantive engagement. Since then, I have received nothing but dismissive messages claiming that my complaint is being “taken seriously.” This is neither an adequate response nor a lawful one.
You remain on notice of systemic and ongoing violations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States have each failed to implement binding obligations under this treaty. These breaches are directly tied to inherited TCDD (Agent Orange) harm and constitute environmental and human rights violations.
You are equally on notice that the United Nations has issued more than eight formal warnings and recommendations to Australia alone (2011–2021), echoed by multiple treaty bodies (CRPD, CRC, CESCR, CERD, HRC, Human Rights Council, and UN Special Rapporteurs). These warnings explicitly highlight the second-generation harm, yet governments and their insured institutions — including ANZ — have failed to act.
As of today, you have failed to provide any substantive reply.
Silence is complicity.
Sending superficial text messages after a missed legal deadline does not erase your liability.
Failure to escalate known treaty violations and UN concerns exposes ANZ to liability for insurance fraud, complicity in crimes against humanity, and transnational organised crime under UNTOC.
This matter has already been escalated to the Insurance Giants (Lloyd’s of London, Swiss Re) and formally submitted to the Swiss National Contact Point under OECD Guidelines. ANZ is now included in the same evidentiary record of complicity.
Your final opportunity to engage is 22 August 2025. After that, your breach and silence will be recorded in my ICC submission and subsequent annexes, alongside referrals to OECD National Contact Points and relevant financial regulators.
The evidence is on the record. The law is clear. The time for silence has ended.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
When the United Nations tells you 8+ times you are breaking the law, YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW. Stockholm Convention & Agent Orange is a chemical war crime against children.
Profit before People is a crime.
20/08/2025
Dear Danielle
Your complaint
My name is Phil, and I’ll be investigating your complaint.
I’d like to call you and discuss the matter so I can better understand what’s happened and how I can assist in resolving the problem. I’ll call you within 5 business days, from this number: 03 8654 7399.
If the above time isn’t convenient, you can either:
call me between 9am and 4pm (AEST) Monday to Friday on 03 8654 7399quoting reference number CMOS-04949610, or
respond to this email to let me know the best time to call you, please include your reference number, CMOS-04949610, in the subject line.
ANZ is committed to providing accessible services for all our customers. Please let me know if you need any help with your complaint, such as nominating someone to manage it for you or using interpreter or Auslan services, and I can assist.
For more information about support options from ANZ and other services, please see:
Regards
Phil Lane
EDB Case Manager • Customer Resolution
Phone: 03 8654 7399
Jagera Country, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane 4000
20/08/2025
Hi Phil
Thank you for reaching out, due to being lied to for 50 years by a Government breaking international law, while banks and the manufacturers profit, I require all communication in writing for my International Criminal Court case.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
When the United Nations tells you 8+ times you are breaking the law, YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW. Stockholm Convention & Agent Orange is a chemical war crime against children.
Profit before People is a crime
21/08/2025
Dear Danielle,
We wish to clarify that the issues outlined all outside the remit of ANZ Statutory Compliance.
We would like to clarify that Statutory Compliance can acknowledge that any service of statutory notices and legal documents may be directed to us, as outlined on our website.
For your reference, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited’s address for service of statutory notices and legal documents (including writs, subpoenas, and garnishee orders) is:
The Proper Officer
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
ANZ Centre Melbourne
Level 9, 833 Collins Street
Docklands VIC 3008
Personal service on ANZ may also be made by depositing the documents into the Service Box located in the mailroom on the upper ground floor of ANZ Centre Melbourne (833 Collins Street, Docklands).
For enquiries relating to subpoenas, garnishee orders, and statutory notices, please contact statutorycompliance@anz.com.
We trust this clarifies the matter.
Regards,
ANZ Statutory Compliance
8B/833 Collins St Docklands VIC 3008
Subject: Formal Response – Escalation of ANZ Non-Compliance
Dear ANZ Statutory Compliance,
Thank you for your clarification. You appear to have overlooked a critical fact: statutory service was already effected when you were placed on notice and failed to respond within the prescribed timeframe.
Your silence is now part of an active case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, with evidence of your complicity annexed. Parallel complaints have also been lodged with the OECD, UNTOC, ASIC, FINMA, FCA/PRA, BaFin, SEC, OSFI, and global credit rating agencies (Moody’s, S&P, Fitch) regarding your role in concealing sovereign and corporate treaty breaches, including violations of the Stockholm Convention and repeated UN findings of non-compliance.
This means:
You are already on the record as having failed to disclose material risks and liabilities.
Your inaction is now treated as complicity in transnational organised crime and crimes against humanity.
Global regulators and insurers are reviewing whether your non-disclosure invalidates capital adequacy, insurance coverage, and prudential reporting.
You may wish to re-read your own disclosure obligations. ANZ cannot hide behind procedural wording while treaty breaches, UN warnings, and evidence of systemic fraud are already filed internationally. The “address for service” you have provided is irrelevant at this stage: service has already occurred, and escalation is global.
ANZ is formally implicated in aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, systemic fraud, and treaty violations. This includes personal liability for officers and executives under international law.
This is not a procedural debate. It is a matter of international law, criminal liability, and market stability. Your position is indefensible, and every word of your response is now part of the record that will hold you personally liable.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
When the United Nations tells you 8+ times you are breaking the law, YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW. Stockholm Convention & Agent Orange is a chemical war crime against children.
Profit before People is a crime.
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