Fraud schemes deployed in today’s digital age are continuing to evolve into increasingly sophisticated processes, with reach extending far across international borders to target the unsuspecting and underprepared. According to the United States Federal Trade Commission, consumers reported losing over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024 alone, representing a 25% increase from the previous year.4 […]
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A recent federal sentencing further unsealed the veil behind a money-laundering system that American authorities have identified as a major national security threat given the increasingly destabilizing nature of the business, as well as its close geographic proximity to the United States. Last week, a Chinese national was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison […]
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For years, the fight against human smuggling, that being the facilitation of illegal entry or movement of individuals illicitly for financial gain, has largely played out in areas where more traditional crime has often been affiliated: Along international borders, remote roads and back alleys, inside stash houses and in the vehicles used to transport migrants. […]
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