Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026

About Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026

• The Best Egmont Case Award is one of the highest recognitions within the Egmont Group.
  • Note: The Egmont Group is an international network of over 180 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) that provides a secure platform for national agencies to share expertise and financial intelligence.
• It acknowledges outstanding operational cases that demonstrate excellence in financial intelligence, international cooperation and contribution to combating money laundering and terrorist financing. 
• Established by: It is annual competition was established in 2011 by the Training Working Group, now known as the Technical Assistance and Training Working Group (TATWG). 
• Goal: It is to inspire Egmont members to contribute to the c’s database on money laundering and terrorist financing cases. 
• Benefits: It benefits the Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and stakeholders in anti-money laundering/combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). 
• How it is selected: The competition begins with issuing a call letter by the BECA Champion, inviting all Egmont member FIUs to submit their finest cases. 
  • There are no restrictions on the number of cases that an FIU member can present.
  • FIUs can either submit cases independently or collaborate on joint submissions.
  • At the end of the submission period, a panel of four to six judges assesses all entries against a predefined set of criteria to identify the top two cases. 
  • Finalist FIUs are invited to present their cases during the plenary session, where the Heads of FIU cast their votes for the case deemed most outstanding. 
• Prizes: The winner is bestowed with the prestigious BECA trophy. 
• About Runner-up Winner: 
  • Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND)’s case was selected as one of only two finalist cases among submissions from the Egmont Group’s 182 member jurisdictions before being adjudged the Runner-up at the Plenary.