Chapters

• Europol’s work and assistance in investigating and counteracting THB, its financing and tracing its financial flows and profits
• EUROPOL SUPPORT
• Analysis Project Phoenix Europol’s project dedicated to THB
• Trafficking in Human Beings in the EU
• Number of THB related contributions
• Top contributors Q1 2022-2020
• Top 25 suspects nationalities Q1 2022 2020
• Reported victims Q1 2022 2021 - Top 20 nationalities
• Victims per Priority Area (Q1 2022)
• Why do criminals commit crime?
• Prices and influencing factors
• Pay attention to…
• Look for…
• FATF guidelines
• Handbook
• THB as one of the most profitable crimes
• Financial investigation money laundering
• Despite the global prevalence of more sophisticated types of money transfer, in THB, cash is still king
• Money Service Businesses (MBS) MoneyGram, WU, Hawala, Revolut
• Cash couriers
• Abuse of legal business structures
• Identifying different types of assets for recovery
• ML/AR in THB investigations
• Europol support: Role of AP Sustrans
• The Digitalisation of THB: Financial Advantages
• EMPACT THB Operational Action Plan 2022
• Harnessing Internet and Modern Technologies to Tackle THB
• Challenges/limitations
• OPERATION WEBMASTER 2019
• Cooperation with Third Parties and Private Sector
• Cooperation with Private Sector
• EUROPOL Amended Regulation 2022/991
• Recommendations