General Studies III · Subtopic
Money laundering
Official syllabus
Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
Money laundering concerns processing proceeds of crime to disguise their illicit origin. Terrorist financing concerns provision of funds for terrorist acts or organizations; the funds need not originate from crime. The concepts can overlap but are not interchangeable.
Key ideas
- Proceeds of crime
- Concealment
- Transaction reporting
- Financial analysis
- Investigation and due process