Combating Human Trafficking in the Shadow of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

June 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... 

Detecting Human Trafficking Through Financial Intelligence

January 13, 2026 by Fouad Hassouneh

For more than two decades, Nasdaq Verafin has focused on fighting financial crime — continually evolving to help institutions identify illicit activity hidden in the financial system. Human trafficking is not only a devastating human rights issue but also a... 

New Haven Bank Stops Human Trafficking

New Haven Bank Headquarters: New Haven, CT Assets: $200M Core System: Fiserv – DNA On Connecticut’s Long Island Sound, New Haven is a peaceful Ivy League city with... 

Cross-Border Illicit Activity in Europe: International Financial Crime Knows No Bounds

April 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... 

Predicate Crimes to Money Laundering: 5 Key Illicit Activities

March 7, 2025 by Nasdaq Verafin

Predicate crimes to money laundering are criminal activities that generate illicit profits, which are then reintroduced into the economy through a process of placement, layering, and integration. From drug and human trafficking to terrorist financing and fraud, these illegal activities... 

Understanding Predicate Crimes to Money Laundering

Money laundering poses a significant threat to the integrity of the global financial system. Understanding the features of predicate crimes such as victimology, key indicators,... 

Human Trafficking: Financial Indicators for Investigations

Human trafficking is a global humanitarian crisis. At any moment, tens of millions of people are coerced into labor or sex work. In 2023, according to the Nasdaq 2024 Global Financial Crime... 

Fighting Predicate Crimes: A New Vision

July 2, 2024 by Fouad Hassouneh

Last year, $3.1 trillion in illicit funds flowed through the global financial system, fueled by hundreds of billions of dollars generated by predicate crimes, from drug trafficking to human trafficking, terrorist financing and fraud. As this global epidemic of financial... 

Targeted Typology Analytics

Detecting predicate crimes for money laundering is highly challenging, and often requires significant time and resources. As investigators contend with overwhelming false positives from conventional... 

Top 3 Threats Facing the Financial System

April 30, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin

The global financial system is facing prolific and diverse threats from financial crime, driven by illicit fraud and money laundering schemes. In the 2024 Nasdaq Global Financial Crime Report, a survey of 200 industry professionals, along with interviews with senior...