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Sigma360 Cartel MasterClass

Inside the Network: Unmasking Hidden Cartel Risks

In this MasterClass, Sigma360 CEO Stuart Jones is joined by former DEA agent David Tyree and financial integrity expert Catherine Woods to explore how criminal networks are evolving and what that means for financial institutions today.

You’ll hear how Chinese money laundering networks, mirror transfers, and new FTO designations are changing the risk landscape. More importantly, you'll learn why traditional AML controls are often a step behind and how practical tools like flow-of-funds analysis and typology training can help close the gap.

For those responsible for protecting their institutions from financial crime, this is a rare look behind the curtain from the people who have seen it up close.

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Catherine Woods
Associate Managing Director at Institute for Financial Integrity

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David Tyree
Retired US Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration

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Sigma360 Cartel MasterClass Resources

Mexican Drug Cartels and the New Era of Financial Crime

Mexican Drug Cartels and the New Era of Financial Crime

A deep dive into how Mexican drug cartels are reshaping global financial crime and outpacing legacy compliance frameworks.

Cartel Risk Brief

Sigma360's Mexican Drug Cartel Risk Brief

A tactical briefing on how Sigma360 detects cartel-linked financial crime risks that traditional screening tools overlook.

Cartels, Cash, and Capital Flows

Cartels, Cash, and Capital Flows 

Five steps financial institutions can take to deliver an effective response to cartel risk

OFAC Compliance Sanctions Resources

OFAC Compliance Sanctions Resources

A curated list of essential OFAC compliance resources and expert insights to fortify your sanctions risk management strategy.​

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Unmatched visibility into cartel-related risk.

The Sigma360 platform delivers the world’s most powerful scan for cartel-related risk and provides immediate results and actionable intelligence.
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Corporate Registry & Business Formation Data
Reveals complex ownership structures, shell entities, and front companies that obscure true affiliations. 

Enhanced Watchlist & Screening Data
Captures official global designations — then expands them with network mapping and contextual updates.

Adverse Media & Investigative Reporting
Surfaces red flags from open-source intelligence, news, and court filings that aren’t reflected in traditional lists.

Proprietary Cartel Threat Intelligence
Behavioral models and expert-built indicators that uncover hidden cartel affiliations and FTO exposure.

Built to Detect What Others Miss

Sigma360 brings together the technology, data, and expertise needed to uncover risks that legacy tools miss.
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Technology

Easy to deploy AI engine automatically maps hidden relationships, behavioral signals, and network patterns — delivering clarity where legacy tools stall.

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Data

Beyond watchlists. We fuse global registry data, legal records, media intelligence, and proprietary cartel threat datasets to surface hidden exposure and proximity risks that legacy tools overlook.

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Expertise

Developed by a multidisciplinary team of network risk specialists, investigators, and data scientists. This capability combines deep field experience with cutting- edge analytics to meet the realities of today’s evolving risk environment.

Why Legacy Screening Falls Short 

Most systems use basic lists of names downloaded from regulatory bodies — missing shell structures, layered ownership, and the alias networks cartels use to hide operations.

Lengthy set up, requiring complex engineering to get started and/or add new content leads to inertia and increasing risk exposure that organizations could otherwise avoid.

Legacy approaches do not fully integrate sanctions, adverse media, PEP, corporate registry data and other reporting to provide a holistic and persistent view of direct and indirect risk.

Risk Has Changed.
So Should Your Screening.

Sigma360 delivers what legacy tools can’t: intelligence, depth, and speed — built for the realities of current FTO enforcement.

Contact us today to learn more about our capabilities.

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Understanding the Threat of Mexican Drug Cartels

Explore the key insights from our April webinar, where experts discussed the evolving risks posed by Mexican drug cartels to financial institutions and corporates. Learn about the implications of recent Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations and strategies for effective risk management.

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Sigma Ratings Testimonial | K2Integrity - Risk Assessment Platform

Sigma’s product outperforms legacy diligence tools by a mile. The experience is next generation and we’re excited to build on our work with Sigma for years to come.

Brett Manwaring
Managing Director

Sigma Ratings Testimonial | Fondue - Risk Assessment Platform

Sigma’s platform and team are excellent–couldn’t recommend them enough for any fintech looking to operate and meet regulatory expectations globally.

Ido Lagziel
Head of Payments

Sigma Ratings Testimonial | FitchRatings - Risk Assessment Platform

The extra info provided by Sigma’s dashboard [is] giving our analysts a tool to ask the right questions to executives and to pick up worrying trends earlier.

Marjan van der Weijden
Global Head of Financial Institutions

FAQs

Sigma360 reduces false positives by 75% and improves disposition by 50%, helping your team focus on material threats and less noise. 

Yes! Sigma360 allows you to customize filters based on specific criteria you select to ensure the results are highly relevant to your compliance needs. 

Sigma360 can be implemented in just a few weeks, depending on the complexity of your requirements. Our platform is designed for rapid deployment, and our team provides full support during the set-up process, so your organization can start benefiting from real-time risk detection and customizable screening in no time. 

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How to Get Started

1. Log into your Simga360 account and navigate to your Account Settings. Once there, select Filter Sets in the left hand navigation.

Access Filter Settings

2. To create or edit a filter set, click Add Filter Set to create a new one, or choose an existing filter set to modify. 

Step 2 - Create or Edit Filter Set-1

3. In the News Media section, locate the Materiality Threshold slider. Adjust the slider left or right to increase or decrease the threshold. We recommend starting at 60% for optimal filter settings.

4. Next, find the Entity Risk Threshold slider in the News Media section. Adjust it left or right to set the desired threshold, with “Possible” as the recommended starting point.

5. Once you’ve adjusted both sliders, click Save to apply the changes. Your new filter set is now active and ready for use.

Step 3 - Adjust Threshold and Save Filter

Need help? Our Customer Support Team is here to assist you every step of the way. If you have questions or need further guidance, reach out at support@sigma360.com.

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