FACT program director for environmental crime and illicit finance Julia Yansura was interviewed for BBC World Business Report on the rising price of gold and its implications for the illegal mining, trafficking, and money-laundering industries.

“The best way to curb this problem is not by focusing on the mining site,” said Yansura. “Rather, we should be using financial strategies from the anti money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) toolbox. For example, it’s important to know who is actually behind the companies involved in the export or import of gold.”