Rogue states are putting AI agents to work on sanctions evasion
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RUSI warns fake IDs, shell companies, and crypto laundering could soon operate at industrial scale
The future of sanctions evasion appears to involve fewer shady middlemen and considerably more rented GPUs, according to a new RUSI report on how rogue states are using AI to fake identities, automate shell companies, and launder crypto at scale.
The report, "Algorithms of Evasion: The Rise of AI-Enabled Proliferation Financing," says countries including North Korea and Iran are deploying AI tools to support sanctions evasion and proliferation financing (PF) schemes, ranging from fake passports and corporate paperwork to cryptocurrency laundering and fabricated online personas.
"AI has the potential to radically increase the scale of PF activities, like sanctions evasion, to levels that overwhelm current PF and sanctions evasion detection and enforcement capabilities," wrote Dr Aaron Arnold, a Senior Associate Fellow with the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI, specializing...
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