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BlogWhy Drug Trafficking Detection Needs a Targeted ApproachJuly 21, 2026 by Fouad Hassouneh Drug trafficking continues to be one of the most complex and consequential financial crime threats facing financial institutions in the United States today. The flow of drugs and scale of illicit proceeds, the sophistication of transnational criminal networks and an intensifying inter-agency response posture have made it clear that... |
BlogMeasuring What MattersJuly 10, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach In my previous post, I explored how FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) from April, 2026 signals a shift toward outcome-focused, risk-based AML/CFT program design. The potential for change is significant, but it raises a more important question: what does... |
BlogEurope’s Financial Crime Inflection PointMay 27, 2026 by Kamlesh Harry Globally, illicit financial flows rose to $4.4T in 2025, as revealed by Nasdaq Verafin’s 2026 Global Financial Crime Report — with trends in the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) region mirroring this trajectory. Illicit financial flows across EMEA increased to over... |
BlogCanada’s $65.2B Money Laundering Threat: Following the FlowsMay 15, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin While Canada’s $3.4 billion fraud problem is significant, it is only one piece of a much larger criminal ecosystem. Money laundering enables some of the most harmful crimes impacting Canadians today — from terrorist financing and human trafficking to drug trafficking and organized crime. As... |
BlogIllicit Flows are Compounding Faster than the Global EconomyMay 14, 2026 by Mauriceo Castanheiro When illicit financial activity climbs to an estimated $4.4T in a single year, the number becomes staggering. But the more destabilizing story is the rate of change behind it: a 19.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2023 to 2025—far... |
BlogDrug Trafficking Detection: Why Complexity is the Financial Sector’s Greatest ChallengeMay 11, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach Drug trafficking remains one of the most persistent and damaging forms of financial crime, and for financial institutions, it is also one of the most complex to detect. As drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) evolve their operations, the financial services community is collaborating to advance anti-money laundering (AML)... |
Blog3 Insights from Nasdaq Verafin’s Canada AML RoundtableMay 6, 2026 by Fouad Hassouneh Illicit financial activity in Canada surged to $65 billion USD in 2025. Institutions cannot address the issue in isolation — yet questions remain about how to collaborate responsibly, while maintaining customer privacy. Institutions are actively prioritizing where collaboration makes sense today, while defining what more advanced forms of information sharing could... |
BlogFinCEN’s Proposed Rule to Reform AML/CFT RequirementsApril 30, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach In April, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that signals a consequential shift in U.S. anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulation. The proposal is explicitly intended to modernize the... |
BlogCollaboration and Collective Action in the Face of a $4.4 Trillion Financial Crime CrisisApril 10, 2026 by Stephanie Champion The global financial crime landscape has entered a new era, defined by speed, scale, and sophistication unlike anything we have seen before. Financial crime is not a future threat — it is the reality financial institutions, governments, businesses, and communities... |
BlogUK Financial Crime Trends & Technology: Insights from 2025 and What 2026 Will DemandJanuary 30, 2026 by Keith Finson 2025 was a defining year for financial crime in the UK. What once felt like slow, predictable shifts now moves at the speed of technology – and, increasingly, at the speed of AI-enabled criminal innovation. As investigators, analysts and financial... |
