Relevant cases

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  Third-Party Payments: A Method Used to Conceal Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Sanctions Evasion

  29 June 2026

  Analyses by FIU-the Netherlands show that criminal third-party payments are often part of complex money-laundering schemes.

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  Large-scale tax fraud through fake invoices

  14 April 2026

  Tens of millions of euros in fake invoices, multiple companies with identical business operations, and huge amounts of cash withdrawn from business accounts. Sometimes, as a financial investigator at FIU-the Netherlands, you receive reports that immediately give you the gut feeling that something isn’t right.

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  Luxury designer goods despite sanctions

  31 March 2026

  Ivan has never known anything other than a life of luxury. Designer clothes, expensive dinners, exquisite watches: as the youngest child of a high-ranking government official, he has everything he desires. That is, until his country is hit by wide-ranging EU sanctions. The luxury goods he enjoys so much are also included on the sanctions list. In this case study, we demonstrate how Ivan tries to maintain his lavish lifestyle despite the sanctions.