The Egmont Group used remarks by Chair Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz at the first AMLA Conference to stress that cross border cooperation is central to improving the quality and impact of financial intelligence in the fight against transnational organised crime. In that conference context, she argued that the priority should be the quality, relevance and operational impact of exchanges rather than their volume. Speaking on a panel with representatives from financial intelligence units, law enforcement and the private sector, Franków-Jaśkiewicz said cooperation across jurisdictions helps validate analytical hypotheses, uncover otherwise inaccessible information, identify targets, links and assets across borders, and improve timeliness so intelligence can support operational action. The Egmont Group also highlighted that the most effective systems combine fast, secure financial intelligence unit to financial intelligence unit exchanges with formal cooperation channels for evidence and prosecution, which together support more targeted investigations and stronger outcomes.
Egmont Group2026-06-09
Egmont Group stresses cross border FIU cooperation and intelligence quality over exchange volume at AMLA conference
The Egmont Group, through Chair Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz at the first Anti-Money Laundering Authority Conference, stressed that cross-border cooperation is central to improving financial intelligence against transnational organised crime. She said exchanges should prioritise quality, relevance and operational impact over volume, and that the most effective systems combine fast, secure FIU-to-FIU exchanges with formal cooperation channels for evidence and prosecution to support more targeted investigations and stronger outcomes.