THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTEXT – How Survivor-Led Collaborations Can Inform Anti-Money Laundering Efforts

Financial institutions are in a unique position to detect, disrupt, and prevent the illegal profits generated by human trafficking. But just because it may be possible to detect potential trafficking through financial records does not mean it is easy.

Trafficking is often still a cash-based enterprise, does not use a single comm on business model, and is adaptive, with traffickers evolving their strategies to meet changing environments. The details matter and effective anti-trafficking financial crime programs require a nuanced understanding of this complex subject matter.