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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab

@fcil.bsky.social
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Deep financial crime analysis that goes beyond the surface. (Written when we should be relaxing from our day jobs)

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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking at history and applicability of non-conviction based asset seizure. #AML #Compliance #FinCrime
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If Not A Conviction, Why Shaped Like A Conviction?
Building a basic understanding of non-conviction-based asset seizure in Europe
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Visualisation of our latest deep dive. Full blog post about the case: fcil.substack.com/p/we-need-to... #AML #Compliance #FinCrime #financialcrime #crime
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Open-source intelligence is so, so critical. “Several members of the ring had prior convictions in separate international drug trafficking and organized crime cases.“ www.occrp.org/en/news/ecua... #AML #FinCrime #News #OSINT
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Ecuador Convicts 15 People, 5 Companies in $398 Million Drug Money Case
Fourteen of the defendants, including Roberto Carlos Álvarez Vera, an alleged ringleader known as “El Gerente,” were sentenced to 13 years in prison, while another received a 10-year term. The court also ordered the five companies dissolved and their assets confiscated.
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Transactions at arm's length are always puzzling. You have two sides ultimately controlled by the same party and sometimes, things go to court for our reading pleasure. 👨🏻‍⚖️ fcil.substack.com/p/we-need-to... #AML #fincrime #compliance #fraud
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A while ago, I used a financial crime news aggregator that suddenly went offline. Why? Go figure, but I really missed having a clean, non-overwhelming feed. So, I decided to build my own open-source tool to for my own need. Of course, I had to give it a slightly sarcastic name. crimeislegal.eu #AML
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Crime Is Legal - Financial Crime News Aggregator
Real-time financial crime and prevention data aggregator.
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Primed by a discussion with a friend, I went looking into European practices for refunding fraud victims. #AML #Fraud #FinancialCrime #FinCrime
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Who Will Repay Me?
A brief look into the European practice of reimbursing fraud victims
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Whenever I hear about a major bust, the news always highlights the massive street value of the seizures. But it always leaves me asking: how does an enterprise like that actually manage its money, pay its network, and function financially? #FinCrime #AML #FinancialCrime #moneylaundering
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The FinCrime Intelligence Lab (@fcil)
Whenever I hear about a major bust, the news always highlights the massive street value of the seizures. But it always leaves me asking: how does an enterprise like that actually manage its money, pay...
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's so sad to see that the page had so many registered users and posts. Still, I'm surprised by the audacity of these page owners to deny knowledge of their actions, despite tangible proof that they owned it.
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You can feel the desperation in this feature: "There is a sense that you have no real power. You can’t trust the authorities. Voting changes nothing." It’s a devastating look at the psyche when crime ingrains itself so deeply that people lose faith in change.
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The Financial Crime Intelligence Lab @fcil.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
💊 Processing for Pills: Deconstruction of the transaction laundering operation for a pharmacy. I look at the recent court case of United States v. Fu to understand how transaction laundering works in detail: 🔗 fcil.substack.com/p/processing... #FinCrime #AML #FinancialCrime #moneylaundering
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