Today we’re tackling a topic that sits at the uncomfortable intersection of finance and human suffering: human trafficking.
Every year, forced labour generates hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal profits and much of that money passes through the very systems our industry is built to protect. Which means the people sitting in compliance, fraud and financial crime teams aren’t just guarding against loss. In cases like this, they’re often the first line standing between a trafficking network and the people it exploits.
In this episode, ‘Tracing Trafficking Through the Financial System,’ Kimberley Cole is joined by two guests who see this problem from very different vantage points. Archana Kotecha has spent years working directly with trafficking survivors across South East Asia, and now trains financial institutions on what trafficking actually looks like on the ground. And Anurag Mohapatra of NICE Actimize brings the strategic, industry-wide view on how detection technology and typologies are evolving to keep pace.
Together, we’ll talk about what red flags really mean, why major global events like the 2026 World Cup raise the stakes, and what it actually takes to turn a suspicious activity report into a rescue.
Learn more about the UN’s World Day Against Trafficking of Persons – July 30th
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