Paris, Nov. 5 -- A new report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) follows the money surrounding the integrated criminal business models of scam compounds that are estimated to cause tens of billions of dollars of losses every year.

With scam compounds among the most rapidly expanding forms of organised crime globally, the new report, Combating End-to-End Illicit Financial Flows Linked to Scam Compounds, documents scam compounds or related activity in jurisdictions across Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia.

The report identifies practical approaches to disrupting scam compounds. It maps the financial and non-financial infrastructure on which criminal networks depend, including payment services, virtual assets, technology and t...