Treasury 2026 Risk Assessments

Typologies & Red Flags for MSB/Payment Platform Detection

36 MSB-Relevant Typologies (47 total reviewed)

Red Flag Library

Extracted from NMLRA, NTFRA, and NPFRA (2026)

Source Documents:

2026 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment (NMLRA) 2026 National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment (NTFRA) 2026 National Proliferation Finance Risk Assessment (NPFRA)

All data is factual from source documents. No inferences included.

Detection System Implementation Notes:

Each bullet point red flag can translate to a detection rule indicator
Combine multiple red flags from same typology for higher confidence scoring
Amounts/scale help calibrate thresholds and risk tiers
Source citations enable traceability for RDD/governance documentation
NEW this year: AI fraud, cartel FTO designations, DPRK IT worker schemes
Total: 36 MSB-relevant typologies filtered from 47 total reviewed