UNODC’s research brief exposes organised crime as a global FC engine driving illicit flows through trafficking, cyber-fraud and corruption, demanding stronger disruption of criminal money networks

It explains how these groups establish “criminal governance” through coercion, corruption, and service provision, exploit digital technologies to scale fraud and cross-border operations, and increasingly infiltrate legitimate economies and institutions. The report calls for stronger international responses, including joint threat analysis, improved information sharing, disruption of illicit financial flows, and recovery of criminal proceeds to effectively combat transnational organized crime…