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The rise of the mule

This second edition of ‘The rise of the mule’ is updated to include performance statistics and learnings six months since the launch of our capability to trace financial crime across the UK payment network in partnership with Pay.UK.

It demonstrates success beyond the initial proof of concept, detecting and tracing criminal activity across the payments network and within financial institutions to support and inform the efforts of investigators on the ground.

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