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Combating Financial Crime
trigeko ¦ Study on Transnational ML Flows: Is Germany an Attractive Destination?

trigeko ¦ Study on Transnational ML Flows: Is Germany an Attractive Destination?

Transnational Money-Laundering Flows Involving Germany – Key Findings and Policy Implications This study provides the...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
BIS ¦ From Cash to Crypto: Towards a Consistent Regulatory Approach to Illicit Payments

BIS ¦ From Cash to Crypto: Towards a Consistent Regulatory Approach to Illicit Payments

From cash to crypto – aligning AML/CFT rules across payment instruments Payments vary not only...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Terrorist Financing in the Age of Large Language Models

Terrorist Financing in the Age of Large Language Models

Why LLMs matter for terrorist financing Large language models (LLMs) do not themselves commit violence,...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Time-Domain-Multiplexed Gaussian Boson Sampling for Graph Problems in Finance

Time-Domain-Multiplexed Gaussian Boson Sampling for Graph Problems in Finance

GB-Enabled Photonics: A New Frontier for Fighting Money Laundering and Financial Fraud Financial institutions and...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Federated Learning Architectures for Privacy Preserving Financial Fraud Detection Systems

Federated Learning Architectures for Privacy Preserving Financial Fraud Detection Systems

What Practitioners Need to Know Financial institutions face fraud that is more complex, faster and...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Invisible Markets, Visible Weaknesses

Invisible Markets, Visible Weaknesses

The Institutional Roots of Informal Economy in Southeast Europe Institutional fragility and the rise of...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Accounting for the Cartel

Accounting for the Cartel

Accounting as Tinted Glass – How Cartels Use Accounting to Normalize Violence and Buy Legitimacy...

By Bastian Schwind-Wagner, on
Harmonisation of the Albanian Anti-Money Laundering Law with the EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Challenges and Perspectives

Harmonisation of the Albanian Anti-Money Laundering Law with the EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Challenges and Perspectives

Harmonising Albania’s AML Law with EU Standards – Progress Made, Enforcement Lags Behind Albania has...

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