The Egmont Group reported on its participation in the No Money for Terror Conference in Paris, where Chair Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz joined discussions on evolving terrorist financing risks and their growing intersection with organised crime. The main message from the ministerial conference was that effective action against terrorist financing depends on trusted, secure and timely cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units, with President Emmanuel Macron also pointing to the role of the Financial Action Task Force and the Egmont Group in the global response. The update also highlighted a session organised by Tracfin that brought together French authorities and obliged entities to strengthen public-private partnerships in countering the financing of terrorism. The Egmont Group framed Financial Intelligence Units as central to detecting suspicious patterns, tracing illicit flows and identifying cross-border connections through secure information exchange, and said it continues to support this work through information sharing, joint analysis and capacity building.
Egmont Group2026-05-20
Egmont Group highlights secure FIU cooperation at Paris terrorist financing conference
The Egmont Group reported on its participation in the No Money for Terror Conference in Paris, where discussions focused on evolving terrorist financing risks, links to organised crime and the need for secure, timely cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units. It highlighted a Tracfin-led session to strengthen public-private partnerships and reiterated the central role of Financial Intelligence Units in detecting suspicious patterns, tracing illicit flows and identifying cross-border connections through secure information exchange, supported by Egmont’s information sharing and capacity building.