The Egmont Group marked the International Day against Transnational Organized Crime by highlighting its 30-year role in enabling rapid, secure and confidential exchanges of financial intelligence among 182 financial intelligence units (FIUs) to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. The update also points to five reports published over the year to support FIUs and partners in addressing evolving financial crime threats. Two of the publications are highlighted. FIUs’ Role in Fighting Environmental Crime aims to raise awareness within FIUs and improve global understanding of illicit financial activity linked to environmental crimes, including connections to organized crime and the role of corruption as a facilitating factor. International Cooperation on Money Laundering Detection, Investigation, and Prosecution is a joint project with the Financial Action Task Force, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, providing a handbook and three practical guides for FIUs, law enforcement agencies and central authorities responsible for mutual legal assistance, including prosecutors.
Egmont Group 2025-11-15
Egmont Group publishes five reports to support FIU cooperation against money laundering and environmental crime
The Egmont Group marked 30 years of combating financial crimes by facilitating secure exchanges among 182 financial intelligence units (FIUs) and published five reports to aid FIUs in tackling evolving threats. The reports focus on FIUs' roles in addressing environmental crime and enhancing international cooperation on money laundering with guidance from the Financial Action Task Force, INTERPOL, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.