Egmont Group reaffirms use of financial intelligence and FIU cooperation to combat environmental crime at United for Wildlife Summit

The Egmont Group used the United for Wildlife Global Summit to reaffirm its focus on tackling environmental crime through the strategic use of financial intelligence and stronger cross-border cooperation among Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). In a roundtable intervention, Chair Elzbieta Franków-Jaskiewicz set out how FIUs can trace illicit financial flows linked to environmental harm, support asset recovery, and help uncover corruption connected to illegal resource exploitation. The update highlighted FIU detection of suspicious transactions, cross-border payments, and cash-flow patterns associated with environmental offences, including findings that jurisdictions not directly affected are nevertheless identifying related financial activity. It also pointed to the Egmont Group’s cooperation infrastructure, including its secure FIU network, specialized working groups, and ECOFEL training programs, alongside collaboration with INTERPOL, UNODC, and the Financial Action Task Force to align financial intelligence with law enforcement and policy efforts.