PrefaceDear reader, We hereby present to you the annual report of FIU-the Netherlands for 2018. We are reporting the highest number of unusual transactions ever while at the same time, the suspicious transactions in the annual report represent the highest value ever. In the fight against crime, tackling undermining criminality played a central role for the government in 2018. A major part of this is dealing with criminal assets and so-called "enablers". Furthermore, the approach towards tackling terrorism financing remained current. In my personal role as chairman of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, in the past period, I have requested both national and international attention for various subjects related to money laundering and terrorism financing. Among other things due to their position, FIUs can virtually always contribute towards identifying criminal networks based on transactions that are carried out. Partly for this reason it remains important for FIUs to maintain in close contact with reporting persons/entities, users and FIUs among themselves to enable the continuous identification of current developments and find new answers to new challenges.