“We are currently in the midst of a full-blown financial crime crisis, powered by criminal networks that are leveraging AI to super-charge scam playbooks and operating with the scale and coordination of multinational corporations,”
Stephanie Champion, Executive Vice President and Head of Nasdaq Verafin.
Nasdaq Verafin’s 2026 Global Financial Crime Report delivers a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of global financial crime trends. Since 2023, illicit financial activity has surged by $1.3 trillion, pushing the scale of the global financial crime epidemic to an estimated $4.4 trillion. As trillions of dollars in illicit funds flowed through the financial system, there was significant growth across every measured typology as well as rapid growth in fraud scams and bank fraud schemes.
