Reported by Insight Crime

(Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://insightcrime.org/news/how-ai-illuminated-tren-de-araguas-money-laundering-methods/)

How We Used AI to Cover Money Laundering’s Evolution in Tren de Aragua

We knew that some of Tren de Aragua’s money laundering techniques had changed, but wanted to learn if there had been a systematic evolution.

Nelson AI proposed a multi-stage evolutionary model for Tren de Aragua’s money laundering methods, providing examples from Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. We followed this up by seeking more specific examples of money laundering cases to put this model to the test. After this, it suggested other potentially useful questions. Only a fraction of what we research usually makes its way into a finished article. Similarly here, much of the information provided was useful as background knowledge even if it did not necessarily fit into the narrow scope of the article, and it also gave us some potential ideas for future stories.

The transparent sourcing, which included some of InSight Crime’s own reporting, showed exactly where the information provided had come from, and Nelson even gave us some suggestions for further reading.

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The finished result was an article that went beyond outlining money laundering cases, to show how and why Tren de Aragua has become more advanced in its methods.