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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Money laundering and money flows
The financial dimension of the counterfeiting business operating in the EU largely remains an
intelligence gap ( 204). Counterfeiters launder their criminal proceeds using money remittances,
cryptocurrency exchangers, cash-intensive businesses and by purchasing property and high-value
goods. Criminals use trade-based money laundering schemes to hide illicit funds by integrating them
into normal commercial flows and avoid tracing and detection. Money laundering structures have
become more sophisticated and often incorporate brokers and financial advisers. Money flows often
lead investigators to offshore jurisdictions. Criminals switch accounts frequently to obscure money
trails. Cryptocurrencies are increasingly used by counterfeiters as part of their money laundering
efforts ( 205).