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Home Office announces £500M crackdown on dirty money networks, funding 500 new officers to trace and recover criminal assets and disrupt the financial infrastructure behind organised crime

by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 15, 2026

The investment will support a more proactive, intelligence-led approach, including greater use of financial intelligence, technology and public-private information sharing to disrupt the financial infrastructure behind money laundering. The government says the...

Home Office’s Asset Recovery Statistics 2021–26 reports a 20% rise in criminal assets recovered to £345.3M and a 30% rise in assets denied through restraint and forfeiture powers to £1.1B

by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 10, 2026

Forfeiture receipts increased by 28% from £122.3 million in the previous year, driven particularly by bank account forfeitures, which rose to £100.4 million. Civil recovery receipts also increased substantially, from £7.5 million to £38.5 million, while confiscation...

NCA’s NECC Annual Report 2025–26 highlights 4.15 million fraud incidents, with intensified action delivering £67M+ in assets seized or disrupted and a 198% rise in assets denied to criminals

by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 8, 2026

Operation Henhouse 5 resulted in 557 arrests, bringing the five-year total to 1,904 arrests and more than £67 million seized or disrupted, while Operation Machinize 2 led to more than 900 arrests and the seizure of over £10 million in suspected criminal proceeds. The...

CoLP’s Annual Fraud Report reveals a 395% surge in AI-linked fraud, rising from 193 to 956 cases in 2025/26, with losses reaching £9.6M as criminals deploy deepfakes, cloned voices and crypto in investment scams

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Sep 4, 2026

The assessment highlights a sharp rise in AI-enabled fraud, with reports citing AI increasing from 193 to 956 and losses rising from £1.2m to £9.6m. Investment fraud was the leading AI-enabled fraud type, with criminals using AI-generated videos, cloned voices and...

JMLSG updates Part I AML Guidance, clarifying CDD requirements for bank insolvencies, customers acting on behalf of others and pooled client a/cs, including “unusually” large or complex transactions

by AdrianaAMLP | Sep 3, 2026

The revisions affect paragraphs 2.9, 5.2.4A, 5.3.94A, 5.3.99 and 5.3.142 and Annex 5-V, and have been submitted to HM Treasury for Ministerial approval. The amendments cover the interpretation of “unusually” complex or large transactions, an exception relating to bank...

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Home Office announces £500M crackdown on dirty money networks, funding 500 new officers to trace and recover criminal assets and disrupt the financial infrastructure behind organised crime

Home Office’s Asset Recovery Statistics 2021–26 reports a 20% rise in criminal assets recovered to £345.3M and a 30% rise in assets denied through restraint and forfeiture powers to £1.1B

NCA’s NECC Annual Report 2025–26 highlights 4.15 million fraud incidents, with intensified action delivering £67M+ in assets seized or disrupted and a 198% rise in assets denied to criminals

CoLP’s Annual Fraud Report reveals a 395% surge in AI-linked fraud, rising from 193 to 956 cases in 2025/26, with losses reaching £9.6M as criminals deploy deepfakes, cloned voices and crypto in investment scams

JMLSG updates Part I AML Guidance, clarifying CDD requirements for bank insolvencies, customers acting on behalf of others and pooled client a/cs, including “unusually” large or complex transactions

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