Current issues around the use of cryptocurrency in money laundering, 3 December 2026

 

Our workshop explores contemporary issues, challenges and best practice around the use of cryptocurrency in money laundering crimes.

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The day will include a discussion around:

• Current trends in cryptocurrency-enabled crime

 

• The evolving threat landscape for investigators

 

• Money laundering risks

 

• The current legal and regulatory framework

 

• An international project called FORCE aimed at tackling financial crime in cryptocurrency environments.

 

The current threat

Cryptocurrency increasingly plays a major role in money laundering by providing a fast, borderless, and relatively anonymous way to conceal the illicit origins of criminal proceeds. Billions are funnelled through digital assets annually.

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The fact that the transactions are anonymous and borderless mean they pose a significant challenge to investigators. Traditional anti-money-laundering (AML) systems, designed for conventional banking, are often unable to keep pace.  

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According to Europol, Cryptocurrencies have been adopted as part of money laundering schemes and are particularly associated with several predicate offences including fraud and drug trafficking.

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Other criminal activities that show an intensive use of cryptocurrencies are related to the use of cryptocurrencies as a payment method for illicit goods and services, fraudulent cryptocurrency investments and cybercrime.

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Our speakers

Professor Vladlena Benson MBE, from the Cyber Security Innovation Centre, at Aston Business School, Aston University. 

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Professor Benson will also give an overview of the innovative Fostering Optimal Regulatory Compliance for Cryptocurrencies (FORCE) Project that is a four-year project aimed at tackling financial crime in cryptocurrency environments. It marks a significant step forward in global efforts to tackle financial crime in cryptocurrency environments.  

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Led by Aston University as project coordinator, FORCE unites an international consortium of universities and business across Europe who will help equip regulators, financial institutions, law-enforcement agencies, and businesses with practical, real-time tools to identify and respond to illicit financial activity.   

 

Albert Galloni, an experienced financial investigator, who specialising in complex money laundering investigations. He has worked for international banks and investigation company. The New Frontier of Financial Crime: understanding how cryptocurrency can be used to both commit financial crime and launder the proceeds of crime, with real-life examples across fraud, money laundering and sanction evasion.

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Further speakers to be announced. If you are an investigator with a case study you would like to share, we would welcome your participation. Please email carol@the-investigator.co.uk

 

Who should attend?

The workshop is aimed at operational investigators and analysts working in a financial crime, cyber-crime or serious and organised crime role in police and wider law enforcement.

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It aims to support investigators and analysts to develop their understanding of the role of cryptocurrency in money laundering offences to inform their work in the operational environment.

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Held online via Teams

Certificates of CPD are available.

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HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £199.99 + VAT (GBP) per delegate per workshop (LEA and Government Agency rate).  £275 + VAT (Industry rate), per delegate 

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Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

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Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information. 

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Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card. ​The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.