arXiv:2506.04292cs.SIcs.LG2025-06被引 1

用图结构分析账户行为,快速识别洗钱中的'分拆转账'模式。

GARG-AML against Smurfing: A Scalable and Interpretable Graph-Based Framework for Anti-Money Laundering

  • 基于账户二阶邻域构建邻接矩阵,提取关键网络密度特征。
  • 在多个数据集上达到或超越当前最优检测性能,处理大规模交易图。
  • 模型透明易懂,适合银行实际部署,兼顾速度与可解释性。

本文提出 GARG-AML,一种快速且可解释的基于图的反洗钱方法,用于识别常见的‘分拆转账’(smurfing)行为。该方法为有向和无向网络中的每个账户分配单一风险评分,通过将账户的直接及次级连接(二阶邻域)映射为邻接矩阵,测量其中特定区块的密度来识别模拟分拆行为的模式。研究进一步结合决策树与梯度提升分类器提升性能,并在合成数据与开源数据上与现有最先进方法对比。结果表明,GARG-AML 在所有测试数据集上表现匹配或优于现有方法,且能高效处理大型金融机构典型的海量交易图。该方法仅依赖二阶邻域邻接矩阵及基础网络特征,凸显了基础网络属性在欺诈检测中的潜力。其核心创新在于将人类专家对分拆行为的理解直接转化为简洁的网络表示,而非依赖难以解释的深度学习模型。由于 GARG-AML 专为真实业务场景中的可扩展性与可解释性设计,银行可轻松将其集成至现有反洗钱系统中。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Purpose: We introduce GARG-AML, a fast and transparent graph-based method to catch `smurfing', a common money-laundering tactic. It assigns a single, easy-to-understand risk score to every account in both directed and undirected networks. Unlike overly complex models, it balances detection power with the speed and clarity that investigators require. Methodology: The method maps an account's immediate and secondary connections (its second-order neighbourhood) into an adjacency matrix. By measuring the density of specific blocks within this matrix, GARG-AML flags patterns that mimic smurfing behaviour. We further boost the model's performance using decision trees and gradient-boosting classifiers, testing the results against current state-of-the-art on both synthetic and open-source data. Findings: GARG-AML matches or beats state-of-the-art performance across all tested datasets. Crucially, it easily processes the massive transaction graphs typical of large financial institutions. By leveraging only the adjacency matrix of the second-order neighbourhood and basic network features, this work highlights the potential of fundamental network properties towards advancing fraud detection. Originality: The originality lies in the translation of human expert knowledge of smurfing directly into a simple network representation, rather than relying on uninterpretable deep learning. Because GARG-AML is built expressly for the real-world business demands of scalability and interpretability, banks can easily incorporate it in their existing AML solutions.

反洗钱图神经网络可解释性金融风控

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