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...
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,...
The Hidden Costs of Patchwork Compliance
In financial crime compliance, the most expensive risks are not always the ones you detect. They...
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 Domestic Toll: How Global Laundering Networks Undermine U.S. Public Safety, Financial Stability, and National Security
The growing partnership between Mexican cartels and Chinese laundering networks is more than a...
The Cartel Economy Is Evolving. Is Your Risk Program Evolving With It?
Most people talk about fentanyl as a health crisis or a law enforcement challenge. But follow the...
What We Learned in DC Last Week: Signals of a Shifting Threat Landscape
During recent conversations in Washington, DC, the Sigma360 team engaged with various leaders...
The Importance of Ongoing Monitoring in Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation is enacted with the aim of the detection and prevention...
A Practical Guide to KYC Automation: Smarter Compliance in the Age of Escalating Risk
Regulators don’t wait. Criminals don’t pause. And legacy compliance tools? They’re still playing...
2024 Financial Crime Predictions and Trends - The Convergence of New Technology and an Expanding Risk Surface
Risk managers faced significant challenges in 2023 and also experimented more deeply with the...
Network Approaches to Detecting Global Crime
Knowing your clients and knowing your risk go hand-in-hand.
Staying Ahead of Terror Finance Risk
A flurry of activity by the Biden Administration and other allied nations following the October 7,...
Tracking Terrorism Financing News & Networks
Unsurprisingly, “terrorism related events” are being reported and covered from every corner of the...
Staying in Front of 'The Evergrandes'
From Wirecard to the Adani Group, staying ahead of changing risk - both direct and indirect - has...
Leveraging Global Media to Detect and Contextualize Entity Risk
Fighting financial crime and enabling a more proactive risk management posture benefits from...
The Importance of Identifying Shell Companies
Financial institutions are required to put in place programs to detect and prevent money...
8 Free OSINT tools for AML
The following is a useful guide to understanding open source intelligence (OSINT) tools for risk...
Using NAICS codes for more effective AML
One of the most important factors for knowing your customer (KYC) in commercial relationships is...
