Financial Crimes

on Sunday 19 June 2011
Financial Crimes are crimes against property, involving the unlawful, conversion of the ownership of property to one's own personal use and benefit. Financial Crimes may involve fraud, medical fraud, corporate fraud, payment fraud etc...Financial crimes may involve additional criminal acts, such as computer crimes, abuse, burgalry, and even violent crime. The Financial Crimes Task Force will assess the destabilizing effects of financial criminal activity on the nation's security and economic and financial infrastructure. With profits close to $1 trillion per year, global organized crime has become arguably the world's fastest growing business.The aim of the project was to inform our financial crime risk assessment methodology, looking at how the measurement of impact on individuals, financial institutions and wider society could be used to improve risk-based and proportionate financial crime resource allocation. Our underlying intention was to analyse how regulatory activities could be measured in relation to performance against the financial crime statutory objective.


The lifeblood of criminal activity is money, and thus the modus operandi and mechanisms exploited to make illegitimate proceeds appear legitimate is the ultimate objective of every criminal organization. To level the playing field law enforcement must strike where it hurts: the wallet. Aside from laundering and asset seizure concerns, the Financial Crimes Task Force will also analyze the counterfeiting of credit cards and tender aimed at economically sabotaging US corporate and government interests.The aim of the project was to inform our financial crime risk assessment methodology, looking at how the measurement of impact on individuals, financial institutions and wider society could be used to improve risk-based and proportionate financial crime resource allocation. Our underlying intention was to analyse how regulatory activities could be measured in relation to performance against the financial crime statutory objective.