Trade-Based Money Laundering and Natural Resource Corruption

TBML is a form of money laundering commonly used to hide proceeds of environmental crime and related corruption. Natural resource crime is rarely committed in a vacuum — it is nearly always facilitated by corruption and combined with other types of criminality. Reducing opportunities for laundering the proceeds of environmental crimes helps reduce the overall appeal of these crimes.

Read more from the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption project.

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This content is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or individual TNRC consortium members.