BlogConfronting Scams at ScaleJuly 21, 2026 by GSE Guest Authors Emily Taylor and Lucien Taylor, Global Signal Exchange The 2026 Nasdaq Verafin Global Financial Crime Report makes a stark case that scams are escalating at an unprecedented pace and scale. Fraud scam losses reached $62 billion in 2025,... |
BlogCombating Human Trafficking in the Shadow of the 2026 FIFA World CupJune 19, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach The 2026 FIFA World Cup arrived this summer across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. While large-scale events such as the World Cup bring significant economic and cultural benefits there is strong evidence that human trafficking... |
BlogCross-Border Illicit Activity in Europe: International Financial Crime Knows No BoundsApril 25, 2025 by Nasdaq Verafin European banks face an increasingly complex environment as criminals exploit the highly interconnected and real-time nature of the global payment system to move funds on a massive scale. This cross-border illicit funds movement, or the flow of illegal funds from... |
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... |