warningHigh Risk
Category: Placement
Money Mule Funnel Account Pattern
Detailed overview of illicit funds movement through mule accounts to obscure origins using high-volume, low-value deposits followed by consolidation.
Typology Library
Educational descriptions of money laundering patterns and indicators to assist in identification and reporting.
errorMedium Risk
Category: Layering
Rapid In/Out Layering Pattern
Successive transactions designed to separate illicit proceeds from their source by creating complex layers of financial transactions.
warningHigh Risk
Category: TBML
Trade-Based Money Laundering Indicators
Key indicators of value manipulation in international trade used to disguise criminal proceeds, including over-invoicing.
errorMedium Risk
Category: Placement
Smurfing & Structuring
Breaking down large cash deposits into smaller amounts to evade reporting thresholds and regulatory scrutiny.
warningHigh Risk
Category: Integration
Shell Company Integration
Using complex corporate structures and front companies to integrate illicit wealth into the formal economy.
warningHigh Risk
Category: Layering
Cryptocurrency Tumbling
Advanced methods for obscuring the trail of digital assets through mixing services and cross-chain swaps.