Overview
- Tracfin disclosed Monday that it received 278,484 suspicious-activity reports for 2025, a 32% rise from 2024 and a new annual high.
- The financial sector produced 93% of reports while non-financial reporters rose 38% with big gains from notaries, gaming operators, commercial court registries and voluntary-sale operators.
- Authorities used the accelerated 'circuit court' procedure to freeze about €40 million in suspect funds and for the first time invoked Tracfin’s right of opposition to seize crypto-assets.
- Tracfin sent 740 suspected fraud cases harming public finances to prosecutors in 2025, representing roughly €3.2 billion and often linked to structured organised‑crime networks, a point stressed by the finance minister.
- Persistent compliance gaps remain: sports agents filed no reports despite obligations since 2010, a weakness that Tracfin says could hinder efforts to detect and block industrialised fraud schemes.