Response of the EU-funded projects to the EC consultation on a proposed Cyber Resilience Act
The European Commission (EC) has issued a call for evidence for an impact assessment in connection with its proposed Cyber Resilience Act. In response to that call, this document represents the views of those listed at the end of this document. Principally, the list comprises the coordinators and partners of multiple EU-funded security projects. We […]
How can Law Enforcement Agencies tackle terrorism using web forensics?
Web forensic and open-source intelligence (OSINT) are the basic tools used for information gathering related to crime in cyberspace. The use of new and advanced technologies by terrorist groups is a daily routine, starting with promotion on social networks and ensuring encrypted communication and ending with the financing of individual terrorist groups. A considerable example […]
Money Laundering Via Non-Fungible Tokens
Editor’s note: This blog was first published at the Oxford Business Law Blog site. If you would like to hear more about this topic, please consider visiting our lecture “Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in the art market: A new medium for money laundering?” at the CEPOL conference on the 9th of June, 14:30-14:50 CEST. When we think of art, what often […]
Cyber-extortion and ransomware: Is it new?
Ransomware incidents continue to cause disruption throughout the world with several high-profile incidents occurring in 2021. An attack on Colonial Pipeline brought the U.S. fuel supply chain to a standstill. Managed service provider Kaseya was targeted, affecting 1,500 businesses worldwide and making the $70 million ransom demand the largest on record. Cyber criminals have put […]
Insights from the first quarter to support LEAs in tracing illicit money flows, TRACE Consortium Meeting – Lisbon 2022
After a long period of meeting over Zoom, the TRACE consortium was finally able to meet in person to discuss the progress of TRACE project over the last ten months. The hybrid meeting (online and in person) took place on the 11th and 12th of April in Lisbon and was hosted by NOVA School of […]
Concealed identities: money laundering with stolen art and antiquities
The modern art and antiquities markets are particularly vulnerable to money laundering. This is partly explained by the changing character of art and the global art market in general. Investing in art is a new method used to diversify portfolios with secure and long-term investments. Due to skyrocketing prices in the art market, investors are […]
Connections between money laundering, real estate development and the property market
Recent years have seen a drastic spike in suspected use of real estate development and property transactions for money laundering. In 2020, Germany’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU Deutschland) reported a 50 % increase in the number of suspected transactions across Germany, a similar trend that can be recognised across Europe. Both the European Commission […]
Terrorist financing under the TRACE microscope
Terrorism has been damaging the social fabric at intra- and inter-EU borders. It causes significant economic losses that, since 2004, have amounted to €185 billion in lost GDP and approximately €5.6 billion in damages to infrastructure, injuries, and lost lives, including medical treatment costs and lost lifetime earnings. It impacts adversely on human well-being, increases […]
Crypto-asset trading business: links to Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing?
The crypto-asset trading business facilitates increasing illicit money flows, inter alia, for terrorist financing purposes. Decentralised exchanges allow users with unhosted wallets to exchange crypto-assets without a centralised party, which would normally conduct Know Your Customer (KYC), Client Due Diligence (CDD) and AML/CTF checks, and thus pave the way for layering crime proceeds on the […]
TRACE attends CCI Final Conference: Designing Security Futures
TRACE is delighted to have participated in the EU-funded Cutting Crime Impact (CCI) projects final conference Designing Security Futures hosted in Brussels on the 24-25th of November. TRACE and PROTAX project were represented by Dr. Dimitris Kafetaranis, Assistant Professor in Law, at the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity at Coventry University. Designing Security Futures explored and discussed the results of […]
