FATF officially launches its 2026–2028 ‘Roadmap on Combatting Fraud’, marking the start of the UK Presidency, targeting scam compounds, digital enablers and faster cross-border financial intelligence

The UK Presidency for 2026–2028 will focus on fraud as a major and rapidly growing source of illicit finance, with FATF noting that nearly 90% of assessments in the previous round identified fraud as a major proceeds-generating offence. FATF also plans to strengthen risk-based implementation, risk-based supervision and public-private, private-private and cross-border information sharing, while examining financial flows linked to scam compounds…