Why Drug Trafficking Detection Needs a Targeted Approach

July 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... 

Measuring What Matters

July 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... 

Drug Trafficker

Drug trafficking is one of the most complex and high‑risk predicate crimes facing financial institutions today. Nasdaq Verafin’s Drug Trafficker solution delivers purpose‑built detection powered... 

Europe’s Financial Crime Inflection Point

May 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... 

Canada’s $65.2B Money Laundering Threat: Following the Flows

May 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... 

Illicit Flows are Compounding Faster than the Global Economy

May 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... 

Drug Trafficking Detection: Why Complexity is the Financial Sector’s Greatest Challenge

May 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)... 

3 Insights from Nasdaq Verafin’s Canada AML Roundtable

May 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... 

FinCEN’s Proposed Rule to Reform AML/CFT Requirements

April 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... 

Campus USA CU Stops Two Fraud Rings

Campus USA Credit Union  Headquarters: Gainesville, FL Assets: $3.7B Core System: Jack Henry Symitar – Episys “Our community focus combined with over a decade using Nasdaq Verafin has...