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Egmont Group launches Phase II of its project to boost FIUs’ role in asset recovery, focusing on stronger asset-freezing powers, cooperation, advanced intelligence tools, and private-sector partnerships
The report highlights that while many FIUs possess the legal authority to freeze assets, challenges persist in effectively utilizing these powers, especially in cross-border contexts. Key findings include the necessity for enhanced international cooperation, the establishment of robust domestic strategies, and the adoption of advanced financial intelligence tools. Recommendations emphasize the importance of empowering FIUs with comprehensive asset freezing capabilities…
UNODC’s 2025 Minerals Crime report warns that rising demand for critical minerals fuels corruption and illicit financial flows, calling for stronger global transparency and enforcement
The report examines the key actors, networks, and methods involved in illicit activities within critical energy transition mineral (CETM) supply chains. It also recommends strengthening governance, regulatory oversight, and international cooperation to mitigate associated criminal and environmental risks…
INTERPOL cracks down on cyber-enabled financial crimes across 40 countries, seizing $342M in govt-backed currencies and $97M in assets, including $16M in cryptocurrency
Authorities blocked over 68,000 bank accounts and froze nearly 400 crypto wallets linked to frauds such as voice phishing, romance scams, online sextortion, investment fraud, money laundering from illegal online gambling, business email compromise, and e-commerce fraud. A key success included the recovery of KRW 6.6 billion (USD 3.91 million) by the Korean National Police Agency in cooperation with Emirati…
OECD peer review finds BEPS Action 13 Country-by-Country Reporting broadly implemented in 142 jurisdictions, though many still need legal or operational improvements
The eighth annual peer review, covering 142 countries, reveals that over 120 jurisdictions have established domestic CbC-reporting obligations, with 22 advised to finalise legal frameworks and 27 urged to strengthen specific administrative areas OECD. While 101 jurisdictions have CbC exchange agreements in force and 89 provide assurance of appropriate use protocols, the report continues to recommend targeted improvements to ensure full alignment across the Inclusive Framework
INTERPOL’s Operation Lionfish-Mayag III drives a record-breaking crackdown on drug trafficking, seizing 76 tonnes of synthetic drugs worth $6.5BN across Asia and North America
Authorities made 386 arrests, including a suspect under a Red Notice for large-scale meth smuggling. Highlights included India dismantling the darknet syndicate “Ketamelon,” Myanmar seizing heroin hidden in pineapples and over 9 million yaba pills, and Lao PDR confiscating 3.9 tonnes of methamphetamine, underscoring the global scale and sophistication of synthetic drug trafficking networks…
FATF, Egmont Group, INTERPOL, and UNODC launch Handbook on ‘International Cooperation against ML’, providing essential tools to help countries speed up detection, investigation, and prosecution
Using survey input from 106 jurisdictions, it identifies legal, operational, and technological obstacles—differences in legal systems, resource constraints, varying powers of authorities, and delays in mutual legal assistance—and proposes best practices such as standardisation of requests, feedback loops, domestic coordination, leveraging digital tools, and joint analysis/investigations…
SWIFT with 13 global banks develop AI-powered tools to share fraud intelligence securely across borders, doubling real-time detection and providing a blueprint for global FC prevention
The trials, involving over 10 million test transactions, demonstrated the effectiveness of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in facilitating secure data sharing among institutions. In one use case, the PETs enabled participants to verify intelligence on suspicious accounts in real-time, a development which could speed up the time taken to identify complex international financial crime networks and avoid fraudulent…
Wolfsberg Group issues ‘Guidance on the provision of banking services to fiat-backed stablecoin issuers’ to help FIs manage financial crime risks associated with these services
It emphasizes applying established risk management principles and assessing issuers’ controls and compliance. The guidance addresses unique challenges such as reserve verification and on-chain behavior monitoring, offering a balanced approach to innovation and robust financial crime controls…
OECD revises BEPS Action 5 transparency framework to enhance tax ruling exchanges, update peer review processes, and introduce a new XML schema for implementation from 2027
The report on the BEPS Action 5 transparency framework sets out revisions to strengthen the spontaneous exchange of information on tax rulings, including updated terms of reference effective from the 2025 review cycle and a revised peer review methodology to be applied from 2026. It also introduces a revised Exchange on Tax Rulings (ETR) XML Schema and User Guide, which will apply to all exchanges from 1 January 2027.
FATF’s President Elisa de Anda puts Shell Companies on notice: reform or face FATF scrutiny
FATF has urged governments to strengthen transparency around shell companies, warning that continued opacity may lead to international censure. FATF President Elisa de Anda Madrazo described anonymous legal entities as the “getaway car” for money laundering and sanctions evasion, highlighting their role in concealing illicit financial flows. Her remarks coincide with the launch of FATF’s latest round of mutual evaluations, which will place greater scrutiny on national systems for identifying and verifying beneficial ownership…
FATF launches a ML NRA Toolkit to help countries identify and address key ML risks, focusing on high-risk areas – corruption, virtual assets, opaque structures, and informal channels
This toolkit provides countries with cross-country risk insights, such as proceeds of crime estimates and most common types of predicate offences and money laundering on a domestic and international level, to help governments and the private sector address the highest risks to ensure that crime does not pay. The toolkit highlights the international, cross-border nature of money laundering…
Wolfsberg publishes Part II of its Statement on Effective Monitoring for Suspicious Activity, outlining a framework for FIs to responsibly adopt AI and other innovative tech in AML programs
The statement marks a clear evolution toward innovative, effective and transparent suspicious activity monitoring. It encourages FIs to responsibly transition from rigid, legacy transaction monitoring to dynamic, AI-enabled systems—with measurable effectiveness, governance, explanation, and regulatory alignment at their core…