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BlogFinancial Fraud Drives the Majority of Crime in MexicoOctober 21, 2026 by Tania Berenice Vazquez Fraud is the most common crime in Mexico, and it is overwhelmingly a financial crime. In 2025, approximately 8.1 million fraud cases occurred in Mexico, 4.6 million were bank fraud and 3.6 million were consumer fraud, representing 24.1% of all... |
BlogFollowing the Money Behind Human SmugglingOctober 1, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach In August 2026, FinCEN released a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) on suspected human smuggling activity. The analysis reviewed 67,540 Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, representing more than $4.9 billion in suspicious... |
BlogSAR Confidentiality and Customer Communication:September 24, 2026 by Chuck Taylor It’s a simple question with genuinely high stakes. On one side is the Bank Secrecy Act’s (BSA) strict prohibition on disclosing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), or any information that would reveal that a SAR exists to the subject of... |
BlogFunnel AccountsApril 10, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Funnel accounts continue to thrive as criminal organizations leverage the tactic to exploit the U.S. banking system and quickly move money across great distances at minimal cost — all while enabling anonymity for the depositors. Used as a method to... |
BlogStolen Lives – International Sex TraffickingJanuary 10, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Human trafficking is financially motivated. Described as a “crime that involves other crimes,” human trafficking is typically connected to illicit money flow, corruption, document fraud, trafficking in illicit goods, cybercrime and terrorism. Sexual exploitation remains the most common motive for... |
BlogA Ruthless ScamSeptember 26, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin A prominent virtual currency investment scam, with the demeaning label “pig butchering,” is creating significant financial and emotional harm for countless victims around the world – criminals defrauded victims of more than $2 billion USD in 2022. Known as financial... |
BlogCombating Human Trafficking with Verafin’s Data-Driven Financial Crime Management PlatformJuly 5, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin Generating an estimated $150 billion per year, human trafficking is one of the most profitable and heinous international crimes. Human trafficking and human smuggling was identified in the AML/CFT National Priorities as one of eight “predicate crimes that generate... |
BlogCrossing Boundaries: The Expansive Threat of BECMay 20, 2021 by Nasdaq Verafin “For five years in a row, BEC is responsible for the most financial losses reported to the FBI. We have no reason to believe that 2021 will be any different.” Agari, 2021 As the industry rebounds from a challenging year,... |
BlogMoney Mules Moving Illicit Proceeds from COVID-19-Related CrimesJune 11, 2020 by Nasdaq Verafin “In the past, money mules have been viewed as low-level offenders, transferring small amounts of cash. However, organised, sophisticated money mule schemes have evolved as a [professional money launderer] mechanism.” – Financial Action Task Force From economic stimulus payments to... |
BlogFraud Risks in Turbulent TimesMarch 20, 2020 by Nasdaq Verafin As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, financial institutions have been encouraged to remain steadfast in their ongoing scrutiny of potentially suspicious behavior and to diligently report suspected fraudulent activity. On March 16, 2020, FinCEN released a... |
