Chady El Khoury on the Virtual Reality of Financial Crime

While countries came together in the late 80s to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism, technology and the advent of virtual currencies have further complicated the tracking of illicit financial flows across borders. Over $51 billion in cryptocurrency was used by criminals last year to circumvent traditional banking regulations. Chady El Khoury is an assistant general counsel and heads the Financial Integrity Group at the IMF. In this podcast, El Khoury says the anonymity of virtual currency transactions is supercharging the ability for criminals to grow their empires. Transcript :

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Chady El Khoury on the Virtual Reality of Financial Crime is an episode from IMF Podcasts by IMF Podcasts.

This episode is 23:30 long.

This episode was published on Sep 30, 2025.

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