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The Difficulties of Identifying Illicit Fund Flows in 2025

Cliff Lim, Director of Risk & Compliance, Southeast Asia, Dow Jones

06-Nov-25 08:30

The Difficulties of Identifying Illicit Fund Flows in 2025

Cliff Lim, Director of Risk & Compliance for Southeast Asia at Dow Jones, explains how transnational scam networks and money laundering operations exploit gaps in cross-border regulations. His insights underscore the urgent need for stronger government-to-government (G2G) cooperation and greater regulatory harmonisation to keep pace with kingpins and scammers who increasingly take advantage of digital finance systems.




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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Elaine Boey


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Categories:  corruptioncontroversies

Tags:  transnational scamfinancial crimemoney launderingregulationpolicies





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