Switzerland’s MROS releases new strategic guidance highlighting red flags and typologies in human trafficking and terrorist financing, focused on strengthening detection across the financial sector

by | May 19, 2025

The guidance provides financial intermediaries and merchants with practical tools to better detect suspicious activities. By enhancing detection across the financial sector, MROS strengthens the role of institutions in combating these complex crimes, demonstrating...

Europol and operation support dismantle major criminal parallel banking network across Europe, seize €4.5m in assets, arrest 17 suspects, while uncovering ML linked to migrant smuggling and drug trafficking networks

by | May 14, 2025

The criminal network was involved in providing illicit financial services such as illegal hawala banking, cash courier activities, and converting cryptocurrencies into cash, primarily to launder money for migrant smuggling and drug trafficking groups. Investigators...

Germany shuts down eXch crypto swap platform in US $1.9 b ML bust, seizes €34 m in assets and 8tb of data in coordinated transatlantic operation targeting criminal network and gathering crucial evidence for prosecution

by | May 10, 2025

This action was part of a coordinated transatlantic law enforcement effort, resulting in the seizure of €34 million in cryptocurrency assets and 8 terabytes of crucial data, aimed at dismantling the criminal network and gathering key evidence for prosecution....