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- Organized crime groups exploit platforms like social media to brazenly advertise for money mules, targeting vulnerable demographics such as youth and individuals in financial distress.
- Cross-border collaborations are improving, but delays in administrative processes and differing jurisdictions hinder swift action in tracking and freezing illicit funds.
- AI and machine learning are pivotal for identifying suspicious financial patterns, aiding investigators without replacing human expertise.
- Awareness campaigns targeting at-risk groups, such as students and financially distressed individuals, play a crucial role in deterring potential money mules.
Gareth Dothie is an experienced fraud and financial crime manager and former Head of Fraud Operations for the City of London Police. Fraud Operations focusses on nationally significant and high-harm fraud and money laundering investigations and works with partners at home and overseas to protect the UK from financial crime. Gareth has a national lead role for financial crime investigation as well as collaboration and peer review across policing and partner agencies. He is working with the Home Office reviewing the policing and wider law enforcement response to economic crime. Gareth has been in law enforcement since 2006. He has a professional background that includes murder investigations, organised crime, counter terrorism, vulnerability and predatory offending before moving to the National Lead Force for Fraud in the City of London Police and specialising in investment fraud, romance fraud and money laundering investigations.