GI-TOC’s policy brief warns illicit gold fuels global crime through opaque supply chains and financial hubs, urging the UK ahead of the Illicit Finance Summit to replace pledges with enforceable transparency and AML action

by | Apr 28, 2026

The recommendations highlight how illicit gold mining and trade exploit weaknesses in financial regulation, customs oversight, and responsible sourcing frameworks, enabling criminal actors to launder proceeds through global gold markets and financial centres such as...

NCA exposes a billion-dollar Russian ML network that allegedly bought a Lithuanian bank to funnel war-funding, revealing a sophisticated web of shell firms, corrupt intermediaries and global illicit finance

by | Nov 21, 2025

Through Operation Destabilise, the NCA uncovers a sprawling criminal network operating across at least 28 UK cities that funnels cash from drugs, firearms, and people-smuggling into cryptocurrency, and which uses a bank acquisition in Kyrgyzstan to channel funds to...

TI-UK’s report Safeguarding Football from Illicit Finance warns that opaque ownership and weak due diligence leave UK football exposed to ML, urging stronger transparency and source-of-funds checks

by | Oct 25, 2025

The report responds to the Independent Football Regulator consultation and emphasises the need to integrate football governance into the UK’s broader economic-crime architecture, noting the sport’s vulnerability given the UK’s role as a destination for £100 billion in...

Europol launches the EU’s Digital Entry/Exit System, replacing passport stamps with biometric checks to strengthen security, curb cross-border crime and support AML efforts – full rollout by Apr 2026

by | Oct 12, 2025

The system aims to detect visa overstays, prevent identity and document fraud, and strengthen border security while enabling faster, automated crossings. During its six-month rollout, both passport stamping and digital registration will operate in parallel, with full...