A Mission That Didn’t Stop: Inside the Sinaloa Cartel Arrest During the Government Shutdown
The October 2025 arrest of a Sinaloa Cartel facilitator in Monterrey during the U.S. government...
Material Support and the Anti-Terrorism Act: What Counts and Who’s Liable?
A Broad Definition with Global Reach Under U.S. law, the phrase “material support to terrorism” is...
Weaponization of Know Your Customer: Are Your Customer Reviews Cartel‑Blind?
In 2025, the U.S. government designated Latin American cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations...
How Cartels Exploit Bulk Cash Smuggling and Repatriation to Move Illicit Funds
On the highways south of the Rio Grande, armored trucks carry more than legitimate payrolls. In...
Barrio 18: FTO Designation and Why Network Risk Mapping Is Now Essential
On September 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of State formally designated the 18th Street gang as...
Is Your Risk Model Lying to You?
Risk models sit at the core of modern AML compliance programs. They decide which customers require...
Crude Crimes: How Cartels Turn Oil Theft into Billions
In 2025, FinCEN warned that fuel theft has overtaken many traditional rackets as the cartels’ most...
False Positives: The Hidden Tax on Compliance Teams
In financial crime compliance, the cost of doing business is often measured in tangible penalties,...
Why Integration Beats Spreadsheets Every Time
Spreadsheets have long been the default compliance tool. They are familiar, flexible, and easy to...
What We Know About Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorist Organizations by the U.S.
In recent years the U.S. government has increasingly treated certain powerful Latin American...
Navigating Diverging State Rules: The Case for a Single Source of Truth
Regulatory compliance is no longer just a federal conversation. Across the United States,...
FTO Designation: What Banks Can and Cannot Do
Top global law firm, Skadden, warns that knowingly facilitating a transaction on behalf of a...
The Hidden Costs of Patchwork Compliance
In financial crime compliance, the most expensive risks are not always the ones you detect. They...
Operationalizing GRACE: A Practical Path to Responsible AI in Compliance
Frameworks are only as valuable as their execution.
Meet the Eight: Who Were Designated and What Do They Control?
In March 2025, OFAC issued an alert confirming that eight criminal organizations had been...
Accelerating Insights: Generative AI for Holistic Risk Summarization and Case Closure
The more data we collect, the less time we have to understand it.
From Kingpins to Terrorists: The Evolution of U.S. Cartel Policy
What the 2025 FTO Designations Mean for Financial Institutions, and Why Compliance is No Longer...
What Financial Crime Compliance Regulators Are Saying About Generative AI
This is the first module in Sigma360’s AI Explained series – a beginner-friendly guide to...
U.S. Sanctions Mexican Banks for Cartel Money Laundering: What Compliance Teams Must Know
In June 2025, the U.S. Treasury dropped a seismic blow on Mexico’s financial sector by sanctioning...
The New Imperative: Why Generative AI Can’t Wait for Your Compliance Team
Financial crime is accelerating. So is the pressure to detect it.
