In Focus: Effective Financial Crime Controls to Tackle Child Sexual Abuse

Overview

Online child sexual abuse and exploitation is a billion-dollar industry fueled by the sale or trade, grooming, sextortion and live online abuse of children. The rapid growth in technological enablers and platforms for hosting CSAM mean that the threat environment is constantly shifting, making it difficult for law enforcement and financial crime professionals to keep track of typologies and payment channels. As access to sophisticated privacy-enhancing tools and emerging technologies such as generative AI and large language models expand, it will become even more important to track methodologies and financial vulnerabilities. Hear about how these trends are being manifested, how to manage risk  and how to put in place an effective AFC control framework to tackle the awful harms caused by child abuse and exploitation.