Main Stage

Opening Keynote 

• The transnational organized crime (TOC) landscape in Southeast Asia has evolved dramatically in recent years.

• Trafficking in persons for the purpose of forced criminality to commit online scams and financial fraud, particularly occurring in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and other areas of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and Myanmar, as well as other destination countries (including Malaysia, and the Philippines), has emerged as a new and growing trend. 

• This presentation will explore the modus operandi of these TOC networks in terms of carrying out scams and fraud, including how victims are recruited, the illicit financial flows, and the role of corruption. 

Panel Session

We will address the obstacles and conflicting priorities in public-private partnerships. The session will also highlight how advanced technologies and new tools are revolutionising the detection and prevention of financial crime. Additionally, the discussion will address the critical balance between effective data sharing and preserving individual privacy, exploring strategies to enhance collaborative efforts while safeguarding sensitive information. 

Presentation

International trade is key to development and poverty reduction, but countering trade-based money laundering (TBML) is essential for fighting criminal and terrorist activities and ensuring transparent global supply chains. Despite its significance, TBML remains under-documented, and its full impact is hard to measure.

The ADB, in collaboration with UNODC and five countries, piloted an initiative to create trade-relevant STRs, supported by multi-sector TBML workshops for banks, regulators, customs, and law enforcement. The pilot led to increased identification of potential TBML cases and improved analysis of high-risk goods and trade routes, underscoring the need for effective information-sharing and cooperation across sectors and borders.

Presented by NICE Actimize

Panel Session

We will analyze the interplay between global AML standards and local regulations, focusing on tailoring frameworks to address regional threats. Discuss challenges in updating AML frameworks and strategies for institutions to overcome these hurdles, highlighting the need for flexible and agile compliance systems to counter emerging financial crimes.

Roundtable Session

Table 1 - Facilitated by NICE Actimize: Navigating the Evolving Fraud Landscape: Challenges, Innovations & Future Threats

• Impending events that will drive change like G20 real time payments and liability changes

• Top issues you and your peers are facing – A quick fire round covering your top 2 most pressing issues for 2025

• Barriers to uplifting fraud detection and how firms are overcoming these to stop threats earlier

• Financial crime detection lifecycle – how fraud technology has matured across the years and how peers are using innovations, like GenAI, to strengthen their protections

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Table 2 - Facilitated by IMTF: Leveraging AI in Transaction Monitoring and Name/Sanctions Screening

• AI and AML: Love at first sight?

• Current state of affairs: Experience exchange on the application of AI in AML

• Generative AI as game changer?

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Table 3 - Facilitated by Finalix: Singapore’s Wealth Hub Dilemma: Growth vs. Financial Crime

• How is Singapore a target for financial crimes? 

• What are common shortcomings and pitfalls in client lifecycle management? 

• What strategies are needed for effective client management? 

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Table 4 - Facilitated by Pegasystems: Can We Finally Reduce the Effort to Manage Financial Crime Alerts?

Financial services firms continue to struggle with the manual effort required to review, triage, and investigate all the different financial crime related alerts that get generated. Could a combination of new technologies and alternative approaches finally make a real impact?

• Is the promise of Generative AI real and how are organisations applying it to financial crime?

• What approaches are organisations taking to streamline manual and duplicative investigation activities?

• Is there a way for organisations to consolidate all the different alerts being generated by different systems?

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Spotlight Feature Panel Session

We will address the escalating threat of organized crime syndicates, sophisticated scam operations, and burgeoning cyber fraud networks that are shaping the region's illicit financial flows, and intricately linked to human trafficking, exploitation, and other heinous crimes. Experts will explore the methods and technologies used by these criminal enterprises, assess their impact on businesses and society, and discuss collaborative strategies for effectively combating these complex challenges.

Keynote Closing Presentation

This presentation will explore how transnational organized crime groups are exploiting social media and communication platforms to facilitate cyber-scam centers and human trafficking operations on a global scale. We'll examine how these criminal networks use online tools to recruit victims, coordinate their activities, and launder illicit profits, often with minimal risk of detection or disruption. The presentation will conclude with key recommendations for financial institutions, law enforcement, private sector companies, and international organizations to combat these evolving cyber-enabled crimes more effectively.