Money laundering is a key component of most organized crime as offenders need processes to integrate their ‘dirty’ funds into the mainstream economy. The rise of global financial markets makes money laundering easier than ever so it is no surprise that it is pervasive in almost every country in the world.

Today, transactions involving dirty money often pass through financial institutions across multiple countries, referred to as layering, in an effort to disguise their origin. Uncovering money laundering schemes is so important because they provide a lens into deeper criminal activity including terrorism, drug trafficking and corruption.

As the schemes used by criminals have become more sophisticated, the approaches to discovering and understanding the complex networks must improve.

Centrifuge provides a new and powerful approach to investigative analysis for anti money laundering. Since the architecture is pluggable, it is easy to integrate the components into an existing application suite or case management system. The interface was designed with investigative needs in mind allowing investigators to “shift their lens” from a timeline view to advanced link analysis, charting, maps and tables. By providing the freedom to explore data and share results, you can force multiply your efforts across a team and identify money laundering schemes faster.