// ECONOMIC SECURITY: FINANCIAL CRIME
G7 Évian 2026:
future-proofing the fight against organised crime and illicit flows
As organised crime networks adapt to technological change and geopolitical instability, the Évian Summit presents a critical opportunity for the G7 to align policy, technology and international cooperation
AN EXPANDING THREAT LANDSCAPE France has a long history of address- ing illicit flows and organised crime, which has led to steady treatment at G7 summits, starting with the creation of the Financial Action Task Force at the 1989 Paris Summit. In 1996 the G7 formalised the Lyon Group (later the Roma-Lyon Group) to fight trans national organised crime. Since 1998, the G7 has frequently dealt with organised crime and related offences, including human trafficking, migrant smuggling, illicit firearm and drug trafficking, corruption, online child pornography, cybercrime, terrorism, and piracy. The 2019 French pres- idency addressed environmental crimes, including wildlife traffick- ing and illegal logging. G7 leaders have called for ratifying the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, for criminalising money laundering, for strengthen-
F or its 2026 G7 presidency, France has made tackling illicit flows and organised crime a priority in addressing imbalances and build- ing mutually beneficial partnerships – which is essential given the many opportunities for organised crime net- works and hostile threat actors to thrive in the chaos generated by today’s state of global affairs. The Évian Summit takes place against the back- drop of multiple theatres of war and a highly unstable political economy, driving unemployment, widespread displacement of peoples, and food and commodity shortages. Yet the world is increasingly con- nected, transformed by agentic
Denisse Rudich, director, G7 and G20 Research Groups (London)
artificial intelligence and fast-paced technological advances in blockchain and quantum computing. Today, indi- viduals of all ages and backgrounds can be criminals’ targets from the pri- vacy of their handheld devices. The G7 is uniquely positioned to set the global agenda, and to allocate resources to tackle illicit flows and dismantle organised crime networks. All G7 lead- ers can agree on this to make Évian a summit of balance, convergence and results.
56 // G7 FRANCE: THE ÉVIAN SUMMIT 2026
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online