Financial Crime Investigations
Follow The Money Across Channels and Borders
THE CHALLENGE
Financial Crime And Terror Financing Are Enabling Bad Actors
From crypto to hawala networks and shell companies, unraveling illicit financial activity has become essential to nearly every type of criminal and terror investigation.
Long and Complicated Money Trail
Shareholders, shell companies, UBOs and currencies create an intricate web of transactions and activities.
Financial Data Is Complex
Analysts and investigators are not equipped to tackle complex financial data and corporate structures
Diverse Sources and Formats
Diversity of data makes it difficult to perform entity resolution and uncover hidden networks.
Distinguishing Legitimate from Illegitimate Transactions
Legitimate transactions must be distinguished from suspicious ones.
THE SOLUTION
Today’s Financial Crimes Require An AI-First Intelligence Approach
- Value From Day 1: Social media, blockchain, cyber threat intelligence, Moody’s Analytics and various financial data providers
- AI Inside: Agentic AI-powered enrichments, models, algorithms, co-pilot and decision flows guided by human-in-the loop oversight
- Data Governance & Self-Sufficiency: Data modeling, creation of ML models, privacy and compliance with no mandatory professional services on-site
- End-to-End Methodology: Financial crime, counter- terrorist financing (CTF) and fraud
- Multiple Deployment Options: Cloud native & On-prem implementation
Applying AI And Automation To Financial Investigations
Organized Crime
Expose criminal networks, map funding sources and identify suspicious patterns
Financial Crime
Follow the money to detect fraud, corruption, money laundering and crypto crime
Terror Financing
Surface, designate and sanction financial entities to disrupt terror operations
Cyber Crime
Detect scams, attacks and malicious activity, exposing the bad actors responsible
Trusted By
Leading law enforcement and intelligence agencies worldwide to support their financial crime investigations
Counter-Terror Financing Units
Law Enforcement Agencies
Intelligence Agencies
Financial Intelligence Units
Tax and Revenue Authorities
30
Years of records
100 s
Customers
100 +
Countries
1.7 +
Employees
13
Global Offices
7
Global R&D Centers
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of analysis and investigations does a financial crime investigations solution support?
Cognyte’s financial crime investigations solution supports a broad range of financial investigations, including:
- Money laundering (AML)
- Terror financing (CTF)
- Tax fraud
- Sanctions evasion
- Corruption
- Beneficial ownership
- Illicit trade
- Asset tracing
- Organized crime
The solution can be tailored to the unique investigative priorities of each agency.
How is Cognyte’s financial investigations solution different from traditional tools and solutions?
This solution is purpose-built for financial crime investigations. Unlike traditional financial crime investigation tools or software that focus on monitoring or require extensive customization, it combines pre-integrated intelligence, AI-assisted investigations, advanced analytics and Agentic Decision Flows to help investigators uncover hidden networks, prioritize cases, and accelerate decision-making from day one.
What data sources can Cognyte’s financial investigations solution leverage to accelerate investigations?
The solution brings together data sources which agencies have access to, including:
- Intelligence reports
- Financial and corporate data
- Sanctions lists
- Cryptocurrency intelligence
- OSINT
- News and social media
- Other structured and unstructured data
The solution also supports integration with existing systems and third-party data providers.
Does a financial crime investigations solution replace existing AML, fraud detection or case management systems?
No. The solution complements existing systems by serving as the intelligence and investigation layer for agencies. It consolidates information from multiple sources, enriches it with external data sources, and provides investigators with a unified environment to analyze, collaborate and make informed decisions.
How can AI support financial crime investigations?
Cognyte’s AI-powered Intelligence co-pilot helps investigators summarize complex information, identify hidden relationships, recommend next investigative steps, and generate explainable insights. AI enhances analyst productivity while keeping investigators fully in control of every decision.
Can Cognyte’s financial crime investigations solution support collaboration across multiple agencies or departments?
Yes. the solution provides a secure, shared investigative environment that enables analysts, investigators and partner organizations to collaborate on cases, share intelligence and maintain a common operational picture while enforcing role-based permissions and governance policies.
