3016/2025/WEB 'How MTIC fraud fuels money laundering'

This webinar aims to raise awareness of the complex and interdependent relationship between MTIC fraud and money laundering. The webinar also aims to enhance understanding of the investigative and prosecutorial possibilities offered by EUROPOL and EPPO, in accordance with their respective mandates and competencies, when addressing such interconnected offences.

By the end of this webinar, the audience will be able to:

• Identify the connections between MTIC fraud and money laundering offences;
• Explain the role of financial data in uncovering and analysing the subtle links between these crimes;
• Recognise MTIC contra-trading circuits as money laundering enhancers;
• Outline the possibilities offered by EUROPOL and the EPPO in investigating and prosecuting modern MTIC fraud and money laundering offences;
• Describe the key challenges faced in investigating and prosecuting interconnected MTIC fraud and money laundering cases.

Target audience

• Law enforcement officials, customs officials, tax officials, judges, prosecutors of the EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland, investigating financial crimes, money laundering and asset recovery, and MTIC fraud.
• Staff members of EUROPOL, EPPO, Eurojust, CEPOL, OLAF, and Eurofisc liaison officers handling financial crimes, money laundering and asset recovery, and MTIC fraud.