Money laundering is on the rise, analysts say, as criminals exploit new technologies like artificial intelligence, crypto, and social media.

By Elizabeth Howcroft Jan 27 (Reuters) - Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up ...

Chainalysis says networks operating primarily in Chinese-language channels have emerged as a major player in crypto-based ...

Crypto laundering grew to more than $82 billion in 2025, with Chinese-language networks emerging as a dominant force, ...

Money laundering involving cryptocurrencies reached at least $82 billion last year, a sharp increase from $10 billion in 2020 ...

As financial crime grows in scale, speed, and sophistication, banks are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, ...

Learn about the methods that criminals use when they are looking to launder money and how the government seeks to prevent them.

How the €700m laundering machine operated The network that Europol targeted did not look like a ragtag group of opportunists, it resembled a shadow financial services firm built to exploit the grey ...

The data represents a staggering leap from 2020, when illicit crypto laundering totaled just $10 billion globally. By contrast, last year's total reached $82 billion, driven largely by ...

Two years after being removed from the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which leads global efforts to ...