FIU-IND Named Runner-Up at Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026

16 July 2026National

In July 2026, the Financial Intelligence Unit — India (FIU-IND) was named runner-up at the Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026, one of the Egmont Group highest honours, for uncovering a large-scale cyber fraud. Director Anil Mohan Govil received it at the Egmont Group Plenary in Baku, Azerbaijan. FIU-IND traced a money-laundering network involving ~Rs 868 crore in cyber-fraud proceeds, over 5,000 mule accounts and crypto transactions. Taiwan AMLD won BECA 2026.

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FIU-IND established: November 2004 | Reports to the Union Finance Ministry | Egmont Group is a global body of Financial Intelligence Units | Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan | Related law: PMLA, 2002

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FIU-IND was named runner-up at the Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026 for cracking a Rs 868-crore cyber-fraud money-laundering network; Taiwan AMLD won.

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