In this episode, we unpack how uncertainty, data gaps, and fragmented intelligence are creating new opportunities for financial crime, fraud, and environmental exploitation across global markets.

Joining the conversation is Emily Hsu, Financial and Environmental Crime Researcher, who explores how weak governance, limited transparency, and uneven access to information allow criminal networks to operate across borders — from illicit supply chains and environmental crime to financial fraud and organised criminal activity.

The discussion examines how criminals exploit:

• Knowledge gaps in high-risk jurisdictions
• Weak regulatory enforcement and oversight
• Complex global supply chains
• Limited data sharing between public and private sectors

We also explore why financial institutions, regulators, and compliance teams must rethink traditional risk assessments — moving beyond static checklists towards intelligence-led, context-driven analysis that reflects real-world risk.

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• How AI has transformed propaganda into scalable, anonymous influence campaigns
• The role of bots, click farms and astroturfed engagement
• Fake gold mining claims, deepfake world leaders and AI-generated music propaganda
• The geopolitical narratives tying Burkina Faso, Russia and anti-Western sentiment
• Why West Africa’s mineral wealth makes it a strategic disinformation battleground
• The collapse of democratic norms and the fallout from ECOWAS sanctions
• How disinformation fuels fraud, scams and financial crime risk

Alongside the release of The FinCrime Times, Themis presents a five-part podcast series uncovering the evolving world of fraud, from AI-driven deception to cross-border scam economies.

Hosted by Henry Wyard, Senior Policy Analyst at Themis, each 20-minute episode dives into one of the magazine’s feature stories, with the authors themselves joining to unpack their research, perspectives and real-world implications. In the first episode, Henry speaks with Jennifer Downie, AI and Fraud Researcher at Themis, about her article ‘Pig Butchering Investment Scams: The Victims on the Other Side of the Bitcoin.’

Jennifer discusses how these scams intertwine human trafficking, organised crime and emerging technology, revealing the disturbing human cost behind one of the fastest-growing fraud typologies in the world.

Join us as Aine McParland, Financial and Environmental Crime Researcher at Themis, engages in conversation with Olivia Dakeyne, Associate Director of Themis' Insight Team, and John Dodsworth, Drivers Initiative Lead at WWF-UK, as they delve into the recently published report by Themis and WWF-UK titled 'Financial Crimes and Land Conversion: Uncovering the Risk for Financial Institutions.'

Tune in to gain insights on the critical issue of land conversion and its far-reaching implications for financial institutions.

Learn more about the broader Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit, an initiative being developed in partnership with WWF-UK, designed to address these challenges directly.

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Associate Director at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This is the third and final episode in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller about modern slavery and human trafficking.

In this episode, Gavin talks about the great benefits to organisations (as well as wider society) of taking anti-modern slavery and human trafficking efforts seriously, not just for staying on the right side of regulation but also for attracting new businesses.

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Associate Director at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This is the second in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this episode, Gavin talks to us about the importance of private public partnerships and cross-sectoral collaboration to modern slavery and human trafficking efforts and how the private sector can add value, with examples of real cases worked on during his career with the Police Service.

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Think Tank Manager at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This is the first in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this first episode, he talks about the specific crime landscape for modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland and gives us some fascinating and insightful real life cases that he worked on during his career, and how financial intelligence provided by financial institutions was so pivotal to these investigations - both to the victim experience and the prosecution.

Join us on this eye-opening episode of Themis as we delve into the chilling world of cryptoscammers and their relentless pursuit of targets within the start-up scene. In a riveting first-hand account, Cindy Gallop of MakeLoveNotPorn shares her brief encounter with these cyberfraudsters. Learn how entrepreneurs like Cindy navigate the treacherous waters of cryptocurrency and emerge with their finances and businesses intact. It's a cautionary tale that sheds light on the tactics of modern-day scammers and how conducting due diligence can be your best defence.