UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Myanmar’s Scam Factories: A Descent Into the Heart of Financial Darkness

    By Nathan Lynch | 25/04/2025

    Industrial-scale scam operations run by criminal syndicates in Myanmar present a daunting challenge to banks and law enforcement, writes Nathan Lynch.

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    GCFFC Developing Global Model to Assist in Prioritising Financial Crime Types

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/04/2025

    The model will provide authorities with a common basis to prioritise financial crimes based on pre-set criteria, ensuring they can maximise the use of limited resources.

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