Comprehensive analysis of political betting reveals widespread insider trading risks, especially on military and defence markets.
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Insider Risks in Polymarket Political Markets
Comprehensive analysis of political betting reveals widespread insider trading risks, especially on military and defence markets.
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Pseudonymous financial flows mask illicit activity
Cryptocurrency is fast becoming a leading threat area for illicit finance. Focusing first on the intersections with corruption in public office, ACDC has begun researching insider trading risks on prediction market platforms, where users exchange cryptocurrency-denominated blockchain contracts on real-world events.
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Real estate markets open to criminals and the corrupt
Real estate offers kleptocrats and other criminals an easy, opaque asset class to launder their ill-gotten gains. Moreover, when real estate is used as a safe haven for the proceeds from criminal activity, access to housing is reduced and ordinary residents struggle to afford properties for their family or business.
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Opacity in trade finances kleptocracy
Before corrupt officials launder their ill-gotten gains through sectors like real estate and private investment funds, the international trade in commodities creates opportunities for illicit enrichment through bribery and embezzlement. Much of this trade involves ...
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Money laundering risks in private investment funds
Trillions of dollars are invested worldwide in private investment funds (PIFs), which include hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and other pooled vehicles. Yet in most countries, and in the US in particular, these funds are subject to even weaker anti-money laundering checks than other types of legal entities, including shell companies.
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