United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

AML / KYC

Global AML Watchdogs Urge Informal Cooperation in New Handbook

By Manesh Samtani | 08/09/2025

The FATF, Egmont Group, Interpol, and UNODC have released a guide promoting faster, informal cooperation to combat cross-border financial crime and recover assets.

AML / KYC

FATF Approves New Transparency Standards for Cross-Border Payments

By Manesh Samtani | 16/06/2025

The plenary also endorsed updated financial inclusion guidance to address the issue of ‘de-risking’ and agreed to publish several other reports.

AML / KYC

UNODC Flags Money Laundering Risks as Drug Crimes Surge in Asia

By Thisanka Siripala | 05/06/2025

Drug trafficking networks are increasingly turning to underground banking and digital platforms to launder drug proceeds.

AML / KYC

Cambodia Scam Industry Generates Up to $19bn Annually – Report

By Manesh Samtani | 28/05/2025

New report recommends sanctions on 28 officials and businesspeople for alleged involvement in or support of Cambodia’s scam industry.

AML / KYC

Banks and Crypto Firms Can Help to Tackle Scam Centres

By Nathan Lynch | 27/05/2025

Scam centres fuel human trafficking and money laundering, experts warn, urging banks and crypto firms to enhance AML efforts.

AML / KYC

Korea, UNODC Partner to Tackle Transnational Crime

By Manesh Samtani | 25/05/2025

Korea’s National Police Agency and UNODC signed an MoU to formalise collaboration to combat transnational organised crime in Southeast Asia.

AML / KYC

FATF, INTERPOL, UNODC Issue Joint Call to Action

By Manesh Samtani | 20/05/2025

Governments must improve asset recovery efforts and to cooperate internationally to make financial investigations more targeted and effective.

AML / KYC

Trading in the Dark: TBML in the Spotlight  for AML Compliance Teams

By Nathan Lynch | 15/05/2025

Robust TBML controls can help to protect banks and against fraud, sanctions violations, and systemic risks, writes Nathan Lynch.

AML / KYC

Southeast Asia’s Evolving Scam Landscape: Brute Force and ‘Poly-Criminality’

By Nathan Lynch | 07/05/2025

Rebecca Miller discusses the evolution of scam centres in Southeast Asia and the role of the financial sector in combatting this crime.