The invasion of Ukraine and the Joe Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy brings the need to combat these ‘active financial measures’ used by corrupt actors into sharp focus. Hence, the third meeting of RUSI’s Taskforce on a Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance (TARIF) discussed the impact of active financial measures on our democracies and why a coordinated response based on closing loopholes, empowering the private sector and advancing information sharing is needed now.