Money Laundering Risks Arising from Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Migrants

The key objectives of the report are the following:
– To assess the scale of the problem;
– To identify different trends in trafficking in human beings/ migrant smuggling;
– To identify from case studies where money laundering is occurring and what form it is taking;
– To inform law enforcement agencies on the laundering of funds coming from human trafficking/ migrant smuggling;

– To identify red flag indicators to assist financial institutions in their identification of money laundering from human trafficking/ migrant smuggling, and in the reporting of STRs;
– To increase the possibility of the proceeds of human trafficking/migrant smuggling being identified and confiscated, and thereby discouraging the activity of human trafficking or migrant smuggling.