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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...

GI-TOC finds Cambodia’s cyber-scam industry spreading from casino areas to rural communities and becoming part of local economies despite government crackdowns

by AdrianaAMLP | Aug 31, 2026

Research by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime finds Cambodia’s cyber-scam industry has expanded beyond casino developments and border towns into secondary cities, villages and remote areas, reshaping local labour markets, land use and...

Basel Institute’s Policy brief warns that tighter border controls can create new corruption risks, as smugglers adapt through new concealment methods, routes and corrupt networks

by AdrianaAMLP | Aug 25, 2026

The Basel Institute on Governance has published a policy brief examining how corruption and organised crime adapt to changes in border controls, drawing on research at the port of Rotterdam and the Kapitan Andreevo crossing between Bulgaria and Türkiye. The research...

FCA reports that synthetic data can enhance AML innovation and collaboration by enabling safer data sharing and more effective testing of financial crime detection models

by AdrianaAMLP | May 10, 2026

The project assessed how synthetic datasets could support the development and validation of AML tools without exposing sensitive customer information, helping firms overcome barriers linked to privacy, confidentiality, and restricted access to real transaction data....

Basel’s report, FALCON Dashboard: Technology and Border Corruption Investigations, shows how data analytics can turn fragmented data into actionable intelligence to expose hidden corruption networks

by AdrianaAMLP | Apr 24, 2026

The report conceptualises border corruption as an interconnected system of actors and transactions that supports crimes including smuggling, tax evasion, and sanctions circumvention, creating significant enforcement challenges. Advanced analytical tools allow...

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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

GI-TOC finds Cambodia’s cyber-scam industry spreading from casino areas to rural communities and becoming part of local economies despite government crackdowns

Basel Institute’s Policy brief warns that tighter border controls can create new corruption risks, as smugglers adapt through new concealment methods, routes and corrupt networks

FCA reports that synthetic data can enhance AML innovation and collaboration by enabling safer data sharing and more effective testing of financial crime detection models

Basel’s report, FALCON Dashboard: Technology and Border Corruption Investigations, shows how data analytics can turn fragmented data into actionable intelligence to expose hidden corruption networks

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