Where Data Tells the Story
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The distribution of global illicit funds by type of illegal activity. Data comes from Nasdaq’s 2024 Global Financial Crime Report.
Criminal funds amounted to a staggering $3.1 trillion worldwide in 2023.
Organized crime, fraud, corruption, and other types of illegal activity made up about 63% of all illicit funds flowing through the criminal world.
Drug trafficking ranked as second-larged source, making up $783 billion of all illicit funds. Drug trafficking groups often use sophisticated money laundering techniques like trade-based schemes, shell companies, and money mules to move their funds.
While the Asia-Pacific region had the highest amount of illicit funds in total, the Americas as a region had the highest amount of illicit funds from drug trafficking at $287 billion.