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FFIS’s report ‘A Survey of Collaborative Analytics Platforms to Tackle Fraud’ maps 37 global anti-fraud information-sharing platforms and calls for stronger cross-border, data-driven defences against FC

May 22, 2026

The report analyses their structures, data practices, interoperability, effectiveness measurement, legal frameworks, and key barriers to collaboration and cross-border cooperation. It concludes with practical options for designing domestic fraud information-sharing systems and calls for stronger international policy coordination to enable global platform interoperability, drawing on insights from the 2026 Global Fraud Summit and FFIS 2026 engagements..

Egmont Group Chair stressed at the 2026 Wolfsberg Forum that public–private partnerships, stronger legal frameworks, and two-way information sharing are key to tackling cross-border FC

May 21, 2026

The article highlights how collaborative frameworks between FIUs and private sector entities support faster identification of suspicious activity patterns and more effective disruption of illicit financial networks. Greater data sharing, operational coordination, and technological innovation are also presented as key tools for improving AML/CFT effectiveness in response to increasingly complex cross-border financial crime threats…

INTERPOL’s ‘Operation Ramz’ across 13 MENA countries led to 201 arrests, 382 suspects identified and 53 servers seized, disrupting major cybercrime networks linked to fraud, phishing and malware

May 18, 2026

The operation involved law enforcement agencies from multiple MENA countries working with INTERPOL and private sector partners to identify suspects, dismantle infrastructure, and seize digital evidence linked to cyber-enabled criminal activity. Authorities also targeted schemes facilitating illicit financial flows through online scams, credential theft, and business email compromise attacks, highlighting the increasing convergence of cybercrime and money laundering threats…

GI-TOC’s Policy paper ‘Turning the Tide Together’ warns that the Pacific’s growing methamphetamine trade is empowering transnational crime networks, fuelling illicit finance, corruption and instability

May 15, 2026

The paper highlights how Pacific Island countries are facing growing domestic methamphetamine consumption alongside increased trafficking activity linked to transnational organised crime networks operating across Asia and Oceania. GI-TOC and the Pacific Security College call for a Pacific Islands Forum-led regional summit in 2027 and development of a Pacific-led Regional Synthetic Drugs Strategy focused on prevention, treatment, harm reduction, law enforcement cooperation, and community resilience…

FATF Mutual Evaluation Report praises Singapore’s strong AML/CFT regime but warns of growing risks from foreign illicit finance, cyber fraud and proliferation financing

May 7, 2026

The report highlights strong performance in international cooperation, use of financial intelligence, supervision of financial institutions, and asset recovery, supported by coordinated public-private engagement and responsive policy reform. FATF also identifies gaps relating to beneficial ownership verification, implementation of targeted financial sanctions, and the deterrent effect of penalties imposed in significant money laundering cases, prompting recommendations for further strengthening of the regime…

TI’s report urges the UK Illicit Finance Summit to move beyond pledges with stronger AML enforcement, greater BO transparency, tighter real estate controls and tougher accountability for enablers

May 7, 2026

The recommendations focus on strengthening cross-border access to property ownership data, closing loopholes exploited by lawyers, accountants, and other gatekeepers, and improving enforcement against anonymous wealth structures. The paper also calls for measurable national reforms, stronger international coordination, and meaningful civil society participation to ensure summit commitments translate into effective anti-corruption and AML/CFT outcomes…

GI-TOC’s ‘Wind of Change’ report argues that outdated and fragmented UN anti-crime systems are struggling to keep pace with cyber fraud, illicit finance and trafficking, urging major global reforms

May 4, 2026

The report particularly emphasises the need to reposition the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) as the core international legal framework for combating organised crime. Although UNTOC is one of the world’s most widely ratified treaties, the report argues that its operational impact has fallen short due to weak implementation mechanisms, inconsistent political commitment and limited monitoring of member state compliance. GI-TOC contends that many emerging criminal threats — including cyber-enabled fraud, illicit financial flows, environmental crime, trafficking networks, sanctions evasion and online scam operations…

FATF Mutual Evaluation Report commends Austria’s AML/CFT framework while flagging weaknesses in BO transparency, enforcement and cross-border illicit finance controls

April 30, 2026

The report identifies weaknesses including insufficient resources and operational independence for the Financial Intelligence Unit, restrictive interpretations of money laundering offences, and low levels of corporate sanctions and asset confiscation. FATF also highlights inconsistent risk understanding across authorities and calls for stronger coordination, resourcing, and enforcement action to improve the effectiveness of Austria’s AML/CFT regime within the next three years…

OECD warns that record-high export restrictions on critical raw materials are straining global supply chains and raising risks to energy transition and industrial security amid geopolitical tensions

April 28, 2026

The report identifies particularly high exposure to restrictions for cobalt, manganese, graphite, and rare earth elements, with a growing number of resource-rich countries in Africa and Asia adopting export controls. OECD also highlights that around 16% of global trade in monitored critical raw materials faces at least one export restriction, raising concerns over economic security, industrial competitiveness, and geopolitical fragmentation…

IMF analyses how agentic AI could transform payment systems by enabling autonomous transaction initiation and decision-making, while creating new operational, compliance, and financial stability risks

April 24, 2026

The note explores how AI agents may increasingly manage activities such as payment authorisation, liquidity management, settlement routing, fraud detection, and regulatory compliance with minimal human intervention. The IMF emphasises the tension between probabilistic AI behaviour and the deterministic nature of payment infrastructure, recommending stronger governance, authentication, oversight, and resilience measures to manage emerging AML/CFT, cybersecurity, and consumer protection risks.

BIS’s paper on ‘Crypto-asset data’ reveals how suptech and advanced analytics enable real-time crypto supervision, while noting challenges in data quality, governance, and supervisory capacity

April 23, 2026

It explains how regulators are increasingly using big data, machine learning, and digital reporting tools to strengthen oversight of financial institutions. These technologies allow supervisors to detect risks earlier, analyse large and complex datasets more efficiently, and move towards more continuous, real-time supervision rather than periodic reviews. The paper highlights key use cases such as automated reporting, anomaly detection, network analysis, and risk dashboards that improve visibility into financial systems and emerging…

FATF Ministers at the US Ministerial meeting pledge for stronger global action against illicit finance, prioritising fraud disruption, risk-based enforcement, and faster FATF standards implementation

April 17, 2026

They highlighted the growing harm caused by money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, and pledged to use the full AML/CFT toolkit to disrupt fraud schemes involving scam centres, legal structures, virtual assets, and AI. Ministers also backed responsible financial innovation, improved payment transparency, stronger cross-border cooperation, and stricter peer reviews to ensure effective global enforcement and accountability…

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