Overview
- The Illicit Finance Summit will be held at Lancaster House in London on 23–24 June, bringing together governments, civil society and major banks.
- The agenda targets illicit gold linked by the UK to Russia’s war in Ukraine and conflict in Sudan, property-based money laundering, plus crypto misuse including sanctions evasion.
- The government says the gathering will advance tougher enforcement, information-sharing and asset recovery through new international agreements and closer private-sector collaboration.
- A £3 million package will fund Transparency International, the OCCRP and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective to support cross-border investigations into corruption.
- The announcement precedes the UK’s Anti-Corruption Strategy due Monday and highlights recent activity, including NCA seizures of over £20 million in cash and crypto and OCCRP probes into Balkan cocaine smuggling and large-scale scams.