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We help our members and clients manage the risks they are exposed to through a powerful combination of Innovation, Insight and Intelligence.

11/03/2026

We’re excited to see our joint report with WWF, ‘Beneath the Surface: The Environmental and Financial Crime Nexus in Illegal Mining Operations’, featured in Reuters!

The article highlights one of our key findings: 40% of financial institutions are not screening for illegal mining risks, despite 84% operating in sectors exposed to it.

Find the full story on Reuters: Banks failing to screen for illegal mining risks, report finds | Reuters

Explore the mining report here: https://hubs.li/Q0468pTs0

Today, we launched ‘Beneath the Surface: The Environmental and Financial Crime Nexus in Illegal Mining Operations’: our ...
10/03/2026

Today, we launched ‘Beneath the Surface: The Environmental and Financial Crime Nexus in Illegal Mining Operations’: our joint report with WWF on the financial sector’s exposure to illegal mining.

The findings are stark. 84% of financial institutions operate in segments with significant illegal mining risk. Illegal mining generates up to $48 billion in criminal proceeds annually, fuelling deforestation, money laundering, and human rights abuses across some of the world’s most critical ecosystems. Yet 40% of financial institutions still don’t screen for it.

This report was built to close that gap, mapping risk across the mining sector and giving compliance and risk teams practical guidance to act.

This morning, we heard from John Elsmore Dodsworth of WWF-UK and Julia Yansura of the FACT Coalition, before Emily Hsu, Senior Environmental and Financial Crime Researcher at Themis, presented the findings from our brand new report. Our very own Research Principal, Olivia Dakeyne, then joined Michelle Owen from WWF-UK to moderate a frank and engaged discussion on illegal mining risks.

To accompany the report, we’re also releasing a new episode of the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit podcast featuring Melina Risso, Research Director at the Igarapé Institute, who will talk to us about illegal mining in South America.

The report is available here: https://hubs.li/Q0468pTs0

You can find Melina’s podcast episode, alongside previous episodes on environmental crime, here: https://hubs.li/Q0468pV30

Progress grows when opportunity is shared. This International Women’s Day, the theme “Give to Gain” highlights the power...
08/03/2026

Progress grows when opportunity is shared. This International Women’s Day, the theme “Give to Gain” highlights the power of empowering others through knowledge, mentorship and opportunity.

At Themis, we are proud to support the women helping shape the future of financial crime prevention and driving meaningful change across our industry.

Environmental crimes such as illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and illegal mining generate an estimated $110-281 bi...
03/03/2026

Environmental crimes such as illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and illegal mining generate an estimated $110-281 billion annually. These are sophisticated money laundering operations involving corruption, organised crime networks, and complex corporate structures embedded in global supply chains.

Financial institutions are significantly exposed to transactions linked to environmental crimes, yet many lack practical guidance on detection. Environmental crimes are designated as predicate offenses to money laundering and increasingly scrutinised in FATF mutual evaluations, but compliance teams often don’t know what red flags to monitor or which typologies to build into their systems.

We’re launching the Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit Podcast today on World Wildlife Day to provide that practical guidance.

Three episodes available now:

1) John Dodsworth on the environmental-financial crime nexus - https://hubs.li/Q045mtnL0
2) Chris Batt on money laundering typologies specific to environmental crimes - https://hubs.li/Q045mtqz0
3) Ben Brock on the illegal wildlife trade - https://hubs.ly/Q045mvrR0

Weekly episodes follow with investigators from The Sentry, financial institution practitioners from major banks, frontline advocates documenting illegal deforestation in Southeast Asia, law enforcement, and more.

For AML officers, compliance teams, and risk managers: this series provides the red flags, typologies, case studies, and enforcement perspectives you need to build effective controls.

Toolkit: https://hubs.li/Q045mCcS0

Our first blog of this month tells the story of Zeuz Global Ltd: a company registered to a Tottenham flat that turned ou...
02/03/2026

Our first blog of this month tells the story of Zeuz Global Ltd: a company registered to a Tottenham flat that turned out to be part of a global network funnelling Colombian mercenaries to fight in Sudan’s civil war.

https://hubs.li/Q0456Q4l0

Drawing on Companies House filings, OFAC sanctions listings and original Themis research, we’ve uncovered how a modest UK company registration became the financial infrastructure for moving money across continents, providing both the legitimacy and access needed to finance highly illegal operations. The piece exposes the individuals behind the network, traces their political connections and reveals the critical AML and due diligence failures that allowed it all to happen undetected.

Did you know that luxury cars are becoming one of the preferred tools for money laundering? Unlike property or businesse...
27/02/2026

Did you know that luxury cars are becoming one of the preferred tools for money laundering? Unlike property or businesses, a $200,000 supercar can be bought with cash, driven across borders and resold for seemingly clean funds, all while the owner enjoys it. The son of a former Moldovan Prime Minister was found to have purchased a £200,000 Bentley from a prestigious Mayfair dealership using embezzlement proceeds funnelled through shell companies in Türkiye and the Cayman Islands.

It’s a growing blind spot. Many dealerships face money laundering risks comparable to financial institutions, yet lack the same understanding of their AML obligations, making them vulnerable to exploitation.

If you’d like to read more about the financial crime vulnerabilities of the automotive sector, click here: https://hubs.li/Q044Zf9x0

As with our recently updated Kuwait Country Risk Briefing, we are committed to keeping you informed as situations develo...
24/02/2026

As with our recently updated Kuwait Country Risk Briefing, we are committed to keeping you informed as situations develop. Venezuela is very much in the headlines right now: following the seizure of President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces in January, the country is at a critical juncture with significant implications for financial crime risk.

In light of this, we have produced a special edition Country Risk Briefing on Venezuela — longer and more detailed than our usual format.

Find it here: https://hubs.li/Q044mDbN0

The shipping sector is a well-documented vector for sanctions evasion and screening vessels is an increasingly important...
19/02/2026

The shipping sector is a well-documented vector for sanctions evasion and screening vessels is an increasingly important part of any compliance programme.

Themis covers over 2,600 sanctioned vessels, giving firms with exposure to the shipping sector a reliable tool for screening counterparties against sanctions lists. This sits within a broader data offering built on multiple third-party databases alongside our own proprietary intelligence.

Our system leverages leading third-party data providers, enriched with AI-driven analysis, covering everything from global watchlists and criminal convictions to sanctions violations, making AML and due diligence faster and more precise.

At the core of our proprietary offering is the Themis Special Interest List, built through ongoing research with law enforcement, regulators and government bodies, and drawing exclusively on official conviction data. It holds thousands of unique records across fraud, corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing, modern slavery, sanctions violations, environmental crime and more. Each entry is enriched with court records, sentencing details and known links to organised crime networks.

Read more about our data here: https://hubs.li/Q043MhXx0

As you may already know, Kuwait has recently been added to the FATF increased monitoring list due to strategic deficienc...
18/02/2026

As you may already know, Kuwait has recently been added to the FATF increased monitoring list due to strategic deficiencies in its AML regime.

In light of this development, we have updated our Kuwait Country Risk Briefing to ensure you have the latest intelligence at your fingertips: https://hubs.li/Q043zYs60

18/02/2026

Ramadan Kareem to all those observing! Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful and blessed month.

Something a bit different added to our spotlight blog page today... https://hubs.li/Q042PV6V0This one is probably best f...
12/02/2026

Something a bit different added to our spotlight blog page today... https://hubs.li/Q042PV6V0

This one is probably best for compliance beginners and non-experts, but could be useful if you’d like to learn more about the origins of the KY* acronym jungle that has taken over our industry.

From the OG (KYC - Know Your Customer) to the latest addition (KYL - Know Your Licensee), we take a light-hearted look at what these acronyms actually mean, where they came from and why getting them right matters.

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