The Egmont Group said its vice-chair, Daniel Thelesklaf, presented the financial intelligence unit perspective in a World Customs Organization webinar, emphasizing that customs authorities and FIUs hold complementary data and expertise that can strengthen financial intelligence and operational follow-up when combined. It highlighted customs information such as cross-border cash movement data and trade data as early indicators of suspicious activity that can help connect financial transactions with the physical movement of goods and assets. The group said effective cooperation depends on timely, clear and structured information sharing through established channels so FIUs can act while transactions remain traceable and produce more actionable analysis. It also stressed that cooperation between customs authorities and FIUs supports the detection of complex cross-border schemes, including trade-based money laundering, and pointed participants to the existing Customs–FIU Cooperation Handbook on the Egmont Group website for practical guidance.
Egmont Group2026-06-15
Egmont Group highlights FIU and Customs information sharing in World Customs Organization webinar
The Egmont Group used a World Customs Organization webinar to reiterate that customs authorities and FIUs need timely, structured information sharing because their data sets are complementary. It highlighted cross-border cash and trade data as useful early warning inputs and referred participants to the existing Customs–FIU Cooperation Handbook.