Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing groups regulation pages that were previously direct children of Securities Fraud Market Abuse And Financial Crime. Financial-crime terms for money laundering, fly-by-night operators, and terrorism-financing risk.

Use this subsection when the reader needs finance-specific rule mechanics, supervision, disclosure, or compliance context rather than a broad legal survey.

In this section

• Fly-by-night Operator: Risky and Untrustworthy Business Entity
  An entity that quickly sets up, capitalizes on a trend, and disappears with investor money, often leaving little trace and many victims.
• Money Laundering: Concealing Illicit Funds
  The process of making illegally-gained proceeds appear legal through various financial transactions. Money laundering often involves several stages to obscure the origins of illicit funds.
• Terrorism Financing: Provision of Funds to Support Terrorist Activities
  An in-depth exploration of terrorism financing, its historical context, methods, key events, and implications for global security.