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INTERPOL’s Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment 2026 warns of a surging fraud crisis with AI scams 4.5× more profitable, $442B lost in 2025, Notices up 54%, and $1.1B recovered across 1500+ cases
Criminal networks are expanding globally, working with specialised money-laundering groups and even terrorist organisations in some regions, while scam centres—often involving trafficked victims—have spread worldwide. The assessment also notes improving law enforcement response, with a 54% increase in INTERPOL Notices and support for over 1,500 cases recovering USD 1.1 billion, but stresses that fraud’s growing scale, complexity, and links to cybercrime and human trafficking demand stronger international cooperation and more adaptive financial crime controls…
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs establishes a 19-member Expert Panel to offer clear actionable recommendations for strengthening global drug control and supporting the 2029 policy review
The panel will analyse progress since the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on global drug control commitments and provide evidence-based recommendations to guide future international drug policy discussions. Its work will draw on expertise across health, justice and development fields to assess the evolving world drug problem and inform UN member states ahead of the 2029 high-level policy review…
FSB launches a new implementation phase to make cross‑border payments faster, cheaper, and more transparent by 2027 through upgraded systems, real-time processing, and public-private collaboration
This phase brings together public authorities and private sector stakeholders—including banks, fintechs, and payment system operators—to develop detailed jurisdictional and regional action plans, identify bottlenecks, and implement practical measures that improve the efficiency and resilience of cross-border payment systems. Key objectives include enhancing payment infrastructure, enabling real-time processing, reducing costs, improving transparency of fees and timelines, and strengthening regulatory coordination across borders…
FATF’s report on ‘Understanding and Mitigating the Risks of Offshore VASPs’ warns that offshore crypto providers create AML/CFT blind spots, enabling fraud, ML, and TF through weak oversight
The report explains that offshore VASPs often operate from one jurisdiction while serving customers in others, exploiting inconsistent licensing, supervision and enforcement rules to evade anti-money-laundering controls and obscure the movement of illicit proceeds across blockchains. FATF highlights typologies including layered wallet transfers, cross-chain transactions and “nested” relationships where unlicensed offshore providers access services through regulated exchanges, and urges countries to adopt activity-based supervision, strengthen international cooperation and sanction non-compliant…
FATF publishes a targeted report on stablecoins and unhosted wallets, warning that these fast-growing crypto tools, facilitating over 80% of criminal virtual asset transactions, are fueling global ML/TF risks
The report highlights the rapid growth of stablecoins—over 250 in circulation with a market value exceeding USD 300 billion by mid‑2025—and their increasing use in illicit finance, accounting for roughly 84% of illicit virtual asset transaction volumes, often via unhosted wallets that bypass regulatory oversight. Their price stability, liquidity, and interoperability make them attractive for legitimate use but also for ML…
FATF updates its Consolidated Assessment ratings (2014–2026) adding Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to the grey list and including new mutual evaluation reports for Austria, Italy, & Singapore
The Assessment Ratings resource lists the results that jurisdictions have received for both effectiveness (how well AML/CFT systems work in practice) and technical compliance (alignment of laws and regulations with the FATF Recommendations) based on past mutual evaluations. It is designed to be read alongside the detailed mutual evaluation reports that explain the context behind each rating and highlight strengths…
UNODC’s report on Waste Crime and Trafficking warns that organised networks are driving global pollution and illicit profits through illegal waste handling, transport, trade, fraud, corruption, and ML
These illicit activities generate significant profits through fraud, smuggling, and ML, while causing severe environmental and health impacts, including toxic pollution and undermining recycling efforts. The report emphasizes the transnational nature of waste trafficking, with high‑waste countries shipping materials to regions with lax oversight, and identifies key challenges such as data gaps, fragmented enforcement, and low penalties. UNODC calls for stronger legislation, cross‑border cooperation, enhanced financial investigations…
FATF’s Feb 2026 Plenary Outcomes raise the global AML/CFT bar, adding Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to the grey list, updating Iran on the black list, and targeting cyber-enabled fraud and virtual asset risks
The FATF Plenary addresses global illicit finance threats, adopting mutual evaluation reports for Austria, Italy, and Singapore, approving new guidance on cyber-enabled fraud and emerging virtual asset risks, and adding Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to its “grey list” of jurisdictions under increased monitoring. It also appoints UK’s Giles Thomson as FATF President (2026–28) and maintained Russia’s membership suspension, signaling continued vigilance…
FATF’s new paper on Cyber-Enabled Fraud warns rising cyber fraud is driving illicit fund flows worldwide, urging stronger AML/CFT tools, tighter crypto and BO controls, and coordinated action
The paper examines how fraudsters exploit phishing, AI-enabled deepfakes, messaging apps, and virtual assets to move illicit funds across borders and emphasizes leveraging AML/CFT tools to prevent and recover stolen funds. Key measures include payment transparency, asset recovery, regulation of virtual assets, beneficial ownership transparency, advanced analytics, and cross-border cooperation. FATF stresses international collaboration, rapid information sharing, and adaptive responses to emerging threats like scam centres, proliferation…
FATF’s 2024–25 Annual Report highlights a bold push against financial crime, spotlighting tighter virtual asset controls, risk-based measures, sanctions guidance, and public-private collaboration
The report emphasises evolving threat areas such as online child sexual exploitation, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, urging stronger implementation of standards and cooperation. It also stresses the importance of financial intelligence and private‑sector controls, showcasing operational partnerships to disrupt crime, while noting progress in jurisdictions exiting the FATF Grey List and identifying persistent gaps that need targeted technical assistance and collaboration…
OECD publishes Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, setting a clear roadmap for firms to embed risk-based, human-centred AI governance to identify, mitigate, and remedy AI risks while building trust
The Guidance sets out a practical, risk-based framework for enterprises across the AI value chain to identify, prevent, mitigate, and remediate potential harms from AI systems, stressing that responsible AI must be embedded into enterprise governance, continuously monitored, transparently communicated, and supported by effective stakeholder engagement and remedy mechanisms to build trust, ensure…
OECD’s AI Observatory Index 2026 unveils a 28-indicator framework to benchmark how effectively countries advance trustworthy AI across research, infrastructure, policy, skills, and global cooperation
The AI Index introduces a new composite framework to measure how effectively countries implement trustworthy AI, combining 28 indicators across five pillars—AI R&D, enabling infrastructure, policy environment, jobs and skills, and international cooperation—to help governments benchmark performance, identify gaps, and guide evidence-based AI policy, while emphasising that the Index is an evolving, policy-focused snapshot rather than a definitive ranking…