Is Technology Helping or Hindering Our Fight Against Financial Crime?

2018 proved to be a successful year for the UK’s tech sector, surpassing the rest of Europe by attracting £6.3bn in venture capital investment. But that wasn’t the only record-level figure set last year – money laundering reports in the UK also reached an all-time high. The NCA stated it received almost 10 per cent more suspicious activity reports (SARs) than the preceding year.