"As most economies are facing a downturn, financial flows are likely to diminish. However, experience from past crises suggests that in  many cases, illicit finance will continue to flow. For example, there is already some evidence of increased levels of cyber-crime, COVID-19-related frauds and scams targeting vulnerable people and companies, of fake fundraising campaigns and of criminal networks selling rationed goods at a higher price. Furthermore, as criminals are highly adaptive, new techniques and channels of laundering money are likely to emerge."