Money mules are the conduit between fraud and money laundering, facilitating the flow of $3.1 trillion in illicit funds through the financial system in 2023, all while complicating the money trail to disguise criminal activity. Complicit or deceived, and often desperate, these criminals fuel the most heinous crimes imaginable and underpin the world’s financial crime epidemic.
This Slide Deck explores insights into money mules — from their witting or unwitting recruitment to their role at the confluence of financial crime, laundering funds, hindering AML/CFT controls and helping criminals evade regulatory scrutiny.
Through engaging case studies and expert perspectives, you will learn why innovating and collaborating to disrupt money mule activity is crucial to interrupt the world’s multi-trillion-dollar money laundering problem.
