This Flash Alert is issued by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and its National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), working in conjunction with OFSI and FCDO and financial sector partners as part of the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT). The JMLIT was established to ensure a more collaborative approach between law enforcement and the private sector.

The subject matter contained within represents activity which has been identified as a current potential risk, such as a specific new or emerging typology or changing trend in activity, but has not been analysed or evaluated in the same way as a Red or Amber Alert. Therefore, this Flash Report should be read as highlighting a particular matter of potential concern for recipients to consider in line with existing anti-money laundering controls, and not a statement that the activity within is definitively of an illicit nature.

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