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GFN Risk Taxonomy
A structured, versioned library of financial-crime typologies designed for operational clarity, detection consistency, and regulatory alignment.
The GFN Taxonomy defines financial-crime patterns in operational terms.
Each dossier includes structured signals, control mappings, detection logic, and regulatory references.
Updated continuously.
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GFN Risk Taxonomy V0.1
The complete taxonomy document — 10 typologies, structured signals, control mappings, detection logic, and regulatory references in a single downloadable PDF.
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Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML)
Money Laundering (Placement / Layering / Integration) → Trade Invoice Manipulation • Trade Finance • Critical Risk
v1.1.0 · July 2026
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Crypto Layering (Chain-Hopping & Mixer Abuse)
Money Laundering (Layering) → Cross-Chain Obfuscation • Digital Assets • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Structuring & Smurfing
Money Laundering (Placement) → Threshold Evasion • Retail Banking • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
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Mule Networks
Fraud → AML Conversion • Retail Banking • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
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Synthetic Identity Fraud
Fraud → Credit / Lending Fraud • Identity Fraud (Synthetic) • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
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Account Takeover (ATO)
Cyber-Enabled Fraud → Account Takeover • Unauthorized Payments • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
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Shell Company & Beneficial Ownership Concealment
Money Laundering (Layering / Integration) → Beneficial Ownership Concealment • Corporate Banking • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
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Third-Party Payment Processor Abuse
Money Laundering (Placement / Layering) → Transaction Laundering • Card Acquiring / Payment Facilitation • High Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
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Sanctions Evasion via Digital Assets
Sanctions Evasion → Digital Asset Circumvention • Proliferation Financing • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
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Rapid Transaction Velocity Abuse (Micro-Layering)
Money Laundering (Layering) → High-Frequency Micro-Transaction Fragmentation • Instant Payments / P2P Platforms • High Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
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Real Estate-Based Money Laundering
Money Laundering (Placement / Layering / Integration) → Property Acquisition & Ownership Concealment • Real Estate • Critical Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
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Corruption & PEP Laundering
Money Laundering (Predicate: Corruption) → PEP Proceeds Concealment • Private Banking / Wealth Management • Critical Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
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Hawala & Informal Value Transfer Systems (IVTS)
Money Laundering / Terrorist Financing (Value Transfer) → Informal Broker Networks • Remittance / MSB • High Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
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Correspondent Banking Exploitation
Money Laundering / Sanctions Evasion (Layering / Transit) → Cross-Border Channel Abuse • Correspondent Banking • Critical Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
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Terrorist Financing
Terrorist Financing (Purpose-Based Flow) → Raise-Store-Move-Use Lifecycle • Remittance / Retail Banking / Crypto • Critical Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
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Gatekeepers (Lawyers, Accountants & TCSPs)
Money Laundering (Enabling / Layering / Integration) → Professional Services Abuse • Legal, Accounting & TCSP • High Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
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Casinos & Gaming
Money Laundering (Placement / Layering / Integration) → Cash Conversion via Gaming • Casinos & Gaming • High Risk
v1.0.0 · July 2026
Open dossier →Roadmap
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