A win in the House of Lords in 2023 is paving the way for a new UK deforestation finance law.

A series a briefings for MPs and Lords urging the introduction of deforestation due diligence through the Financial Services and Markets Act, a “once-in-a-generation” reform to UK regulation.

This year, the UK, EU, and US will consider new laws capable of preventing the financing of deforestation. Financial leaders should be voicing their support for this vital legal change.

Organised crime groups are increasingly involved in audio-visual piracy. How do they make money?

Free trade zones have been labelled ‘high risk’ for illicit trade and financial crime. So, why do countries keep introducing new ones?

A lack of “technical capacity” is not the only reason why there are so few financial investigations in environmental crime cases.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) June 2020 report on illegal wildlife trade showed financial action is rare. Where to now?

In May 2020, we hosted 16 practitioners and 9 researchers with expertise in the field of port policing, port security, organised crime and border control.

The Kenya–Somalia maritime dispute shows the Blue Economy is more than a development initiative. It has security consequences too.

The introduction of new UK freeports carry a number of potential risks.

This Briefing Paper analyses the possible criminal risks posed by the UK's future freeports.

This article explores the role of historic case reviews as a capacity building exercise in Lao PDR.

What can be learned from responses to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Tanzania and South Africa?

To safeguard free trade zones from criminal activities, national authorities and zone administrators must feel the pressure to do the right thing.

Trade based money laundering and illicit trade both take advantage of the sheer scale of global commerce. Several solutions exist to tackling the issues.

The plan to introduce 10 new freeports across the UK after Brexit has drawn criticism. Introducing these provenly risky zones may contradict the UK’s wider efforts to ramp up the fight against financial crime.

Postal and parcel delivery services are the unsung heroes of the global e-commerce revolution, licit and illicit.

Around the world, the illegal wildlife trade is having a devastating effect on our natural environment. We must target the finances of high level traffickers.

This Occasional Paper explores the exploitation of the internet and delivery services in relation to illicit tobacco and tobacco products.

Financial investigations in illegal wildlife trade cases are too rare. More must be done to identify the illicit proceeds of IWT and ally confiscation laws and money-laundering charges to tackle criminals’ ill-gotten gains.

With UN peacekeeper fatalities in 2017 at their highest levels since 1994, the organisation must reflect on how it works with regional partners.

Connections between terrorism and ivory trafficking exist, but they are not a solid foundation for combatting the issue.