Legal entities and real estate. Both can be used by criminals to launder their illicit assets. This case also involved financing from abroad, which can also be a way to conceal the origin of money.

In the aftermath of the unjustified invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation (Russia), the financial intelligence units[1] of the Netherlands (FIU-NL) and Canada (FINTRAC) received reports from a variety of sources describing the suspected illegal export, or attempted export, of dual-use goods to Russian end-users in violation of current sanctions or export control-related legislation.

We can’t emphasize enough how valuable the reported unusual transactions (UTRs) reported by obliged entities are.

An observant reporting party noticed that one of the visitors to their casino was hardly gambling at all with the tokens he had bought earlier that evening...

An observant reporting party noticed that one of the visitors to their casino was hardly gambling at all with the tokens he had bought earlier that evening...

As a flight was delayed, Customs were able to perform more thorough checks on a gold dealer carrying tens of kilograms of scrap gold and cash money...