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With APAC trade flows projected to surge from USD 1.5 trillion to USD 2.2 trillion by 2030.
Amidst APAC’s expanding trade flows and rapid expansion, the Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) exposure is at its peak. Driven by increasingly complex, multi‑layered schemes and the exploitation of free‑trade zones and fragmented cross‑border oversight, the financial institutions are exposed to risks that were earlier unknown. .
This webinar aims at building critical awareness of the fast‑evolving illicit practices threatening trade finance such as:
- falsified documentation
- commodity mis‑invoicing
- shell‑network routing
- and growing global enforcement intensity.
By unpacking the most significant TBML trends backed with intelligent data, the session will provide a clear understanding of how criminal networks are adapting, where structural vulnerabilities are emerging, and why financial crime, compliance, and trade operations leaders must enhance detection and governance to respond effectively to the changing threat landscape.
We will discuss:
- Duplicate financing: One underlying trade, multiple financings - each legitimate in isolation. Particularly relevant in APAC’s fragmented trade finance landscape, where limited info-sharing across institutions can create blind spots.
- Export controls and "the law follows the goods" -Compliance with domestic regulations alone is increasingly insufficient. Organisations must navigate complex extraterritorial export control regimes while managing operational realities across multiple jurisdictions. This is especially pertinent for transshipment hubs such as Singapore and Hong Kong.
- Strengthening TBML Detection Frameworks -
How leading institutions are modernising governance, enhancing cross-border visibility and integrating trade, vessel and counterparty intelligence to identify risk earlier. We will examine how detection-ready frameworks combine trade flow data, ownership transparency and transaction monitoring to move beyond document checks toward holistic trade risk assessment.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for financial crime leaders, compliance officers, trade finance professionals, risk managers and operations heads across APAC's banking and financial institutions - particularly those responsible for TBML detection, sanctions compliance and trade risk oversight.
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