The National Crime Agency is running a campaign to raise awareness amongst young people of the risks of getting involved as a ‘money mule’.

Money mules are recruited by criminal groups to move criminal funds on their behalf, for example they might be asked to lend their bank account, carry cash, or make transactions in cryptocurrency, in return for a fee. This is also known as financial exploitation, because some young people may be victims of exploitation – groomed, tricked or coerced by criminals into acting as a mule.

Children can be exposed to recruiters operating on social media sites or offline, and are at risk of being exploited.

Further information is available on the NCA’s website