Global Financial Crime Review

The World Cup: A magnet for financial crime
AFC Challenges, Compliance, December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review, Human Trafficking, Practical Solutions

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When the FIFA World Cup starts, the world comes together in celebration. However, while fans are focused on the games, criminal networks see an opportunity. Human traffickers, fraudsters, money launderers and even terrorist financiers are aware that major events like this create an ideal environment...
North Korean IT worker infiltration: Synthetic identities
December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review, World Digest

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Gobally, companies are facing a new insider threat: foreign operatives from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea posing as legitimate information technology professionals. While DPRK-sponsored cybercriminals have been linked to countless ransomware and espionage attacks in recent years, this emerging threat requires infiltrating organizations...
In the spotlight: Fighting human trafficking at global events
AFC Challenges, Compliance, December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review, Human Trafficking

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When the world’s spotlight shines brightest on events like the Super Bowl, Formula 1, the electronics trade show CES and soon the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it also illuminates something far darker. Behind the glamor, the global media coverage and the surge of tourism, predators...
New drug trafficking typologies: A dual-market reality
AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, Compliance, December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review

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During the first quarter of the 21st century, drug trafficking remained one of the few global threats to which every nation―regardless of political system, military strength or geography―was equally vulnerable. Much like a resilient virus that evolves faster than public health systems can respond, the...
Digital wealth, physical harm: The rise of crypto kidnapping
AFC Challenges, Compliance, Global Financial Crime Review, Practical Solutions, September – November 2025

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During the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in physical violence toward individuals within the crypto industry or associated with crypto wealth. This new variant of kidnapping for ransom During the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in physical violence toward...
Oksana Ihnatenko: Fighting financial crime in Ukraine
AFC Challenges, Global Financial Crime Review, Interviews, September – November 2025

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Oksana Ihnatenko, CAMS, is a managing director at the Center for Financial Integrity in Ukraine and a researcher for the Supervising and Monitoring Ukraine’s Reconstruction Funds project at the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute. Her research focuses on Ukraine’s...
Fentanyl: Tracing the deadly money trail
AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2025, World Digest

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This article examines how illicit fentanyl trafficking has triggered a financial crime threat. It analyzes criminal finance networks, international cooperation and regulatory measures in the U.S. and Canada. It highlights recent advisories, updated case studies, cross-border intelligence sharing and the anti-money laundering (AML) enhancements needed...