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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
v1.0.1 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
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
Open dossier →Typology
Mule Networks
Fraud → AML Conversion • Retail Banking • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Synthetic Identity Fraud
Fraud → Credit / Lending Fraud • Identity Fraud (Synthetic) • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Account Takeover (ATO)
Cyber-Enabled Fraud → Account Takeover • Unauthorized Payments • High Risk
v1.0 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Shell Company & Beneficial Ownership Concealment
Money Laundering (Layering / Integration) → Beneficial Ownership Concealment • Corporate Banking • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Third-Party Payment Processor Abuse
Money Laundering (Placement / Layering) → Transaction Laundering • Card Acquiring / Payment Facilitation • High Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
Sanctions Evasion via Digital Assets
Sanctions Evasion → Digital Asset Circumvention • Proliferation Financing • Critical Risk
v1.0.1 · March 2026
Open dossier →Typology
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
Open dossier →Roadmap
Upcoming Dossiers
- Crypto Off-Ramp Layering
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