The Algorithm and the Cartel: Using AI to Track Money Laundering

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A unit focused on investigative journalism in Venezuela has employed an AI research tool to trace money laundering activities related to a cartel. The use of AI technology has been crucial in understanding and mapping the complex financial activities involved.

InSight Crime’s Venezuela Investigative Unit published a behind-the-scenes account of how it used an AI research tool to map the evolution of Tren de Aragua’s money laundering apparatus.  The piece documents the unit’s use of Nelson, an AI tool developed by Southern Pulse that draws exclusively from a closed list of vetted sources. Nelson’s closed-source architecture was key. Standard large-language … Read more The post The Algorithm and the Cartel: Using AI to Track Money Laundering appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.