300+ Million Pages
This week, Greece’s anti-corruption prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki, confirmed to the OCCRP that her...
It Takes Two
This week, the United States, in coordination with Panama, announced the formation of a new task...
Get on Board
Last week, the International Journal of Finance and Economics published a study that appears to...
Do I Really Know You?
Last week, we reported on the newly released 2020 Basel AML Index and the importance of a more...
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Last week, the Basel Institute on Governance released its 2020 edition of the Basel AML Index. And...
From Macro to Micro
This week, global firms find themselves in the crosshairs of increasing geopolitical tensions...
On the FBI’s Radar...
This week, according to a leaked intelligence bulletin, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation...
It All Came Crumbling Down
This week, the share price of Wirecard fell more than 60%, less than 2 years after its debut on the...
A Pandemic of Corruption
Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various...
Cruising Along... But For How Long?
This week, France, following similar moves by Poland and Denmark, announced that companies that...
Kabul via Khartoum
This week, as the Afghan peace deal went into effect, which includes the potential removal of...
Error: This Person Does Not Exist
First Fake News, Now Fake People Alexa Altos operates a web design firm in California, has a number...
Predicting ‘19…
In a few weeks, it will be the year of the pig, but I’m not so sure that its going to be that...
What Does Transparency Look Like?
Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard “To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous...
ESG’s Next Frontier
More than $22 trillion assets are now invested according to ESG principles, according to a McKinsey...
What the experts are saying about the value of Sigma Ratings
Q & A with Mark Batts, the Former Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Head of Enhanced...
Inconvenient Truths
Last week the Wall Street Journal highlighted a new, burgeoning money laundering hub. Where is it...
Perception & Reality
During recent travel in the Middle East, we met with senior executives at leading banks, exchange...
Scoping LEI Data Availability
In 2014 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) set up a standardized way to label and find the legal...
Using Soccer to Explain Country Risk Mapping
Not to be outdone by Goldman Sachs’ AI-generated World Cup predictions (spoiler alert: Goldman...
Sigma Middle East Poll Follow Up
Many of you were so kind as to fill out our poll on risk in the Middle East . As you’ll see below,...
