Human Trafficking: Hidden Activity to Justice

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By Nasdaq Verafin

Featured Speaker: Fouad Hassouneh, VP of AML Product Management at Nasdaq Verafin

Human trafficking is one of the most devastating forms of financial crime, and financial institutions play a critical role in identifying the activity. Meaningful outcomes depend on what happens next: turning observations into intelligence, intelligence into investigations, and investigations into justice.

Key takeaways:

  1. Financial institutions play a critical role in identifying human trafficking.
    Suspicious transaction patterns, customer behavior, and financial intelligence can provide early indicators that help uncover trafficking activity and support investigations.

  2. Collaboration strengthens outcomes.
    Effective information sharing between financial institutions, law enforcement, and legal professionals helps transform observations into actionable intelligence, enabling investigators to build stronger cases.

  3. Technology enhances detection and disruption efforts.
    Advanced analytics, intelligence-sharing capabilities, and investigative tools can help identify hidden trafficking networks, connect disparate data points, and accelerate efforts to protect victims and pursue justice.

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Nasdaq Verafin

Nasdaq Verafin is the industry leader in enterprise financial crime management, providing a cloud-based, secure software platform for fraud detection and management, BSA/AML compliance and management, high-risk customer management and information sharing. More than 1,200 credit unions use Nasdaq Verafin to effectively fight financial crime and comply with regulations. Leveraging its unique big data intelligence, visual storytelling and collaborative investigation capabilities, Nasdaq Verafin reduces false positive alerts, delivers context-rich insights and streamlines BSA/AML compliance processes. Nasdaq has industry endorsements in 45 states, including the TBA, WBA, FBA, MBA, and CUNA Strategic Services.

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