Red Flags for Money Laundering: Top 12 to Watch Out For
When it comes to red flags for money laundering, knowing what warning signs to look out for is...
Yale University Study Finds Companies that Exited Russia Rewarded with Outsize Stock-Market Returns
This month, a new study from the Yale School of Management, which has been monitoring approximately...
FinCEN Releases Advisory on Kleptocracy and Foreign Public Corruption
Last week, FinCEN, the U.S. Treasury’s anti-money-laundering (AML) unit, “warned financial...
Guide to Potential Russian Sanctions Evasion
Vladimir Putin's recent deadly aggression against Ukraine has put pressure on the international...
Russian Oligarch's Offshore Shell Company Network
This week, an investigation by Buzzfeed revealed that the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich...
U.S. and its Allies Launch the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Multilateral Task Force
This week, the United States and its allies launched the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs...
Swiss Court Demanded Compensation of 45M From Credit Suisse
Last week, a Swiss court demanded compensation of $45 million from Credit Suisse in a money...
Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index Reveals a Decade of Stagnation in Anti-Graft Efforts
This week, the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) released its annual...
FinCEN Issues Proposed Rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting to Counter Illicit Finance and Increase Transparency
Last week, during the U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, the Biden administration released a new...
Advocacy Groups Urge Biden Administration to Expand AML Rules to Private Investment Industry
Last week, the WSJ reported that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse along with a collection of...
New Research Study Suggests Poor AML Oversight of Shell Companies by Financial Industry
This week, the ICIJ reported on a new study by a group of renowned academics that revealed that,...
FinCEN Issues Advisory on Environmental Crime
Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department’s anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Crimes...
Heightened Scrutiny on Broker Dealer Compliance Following Court Ruling and Regulatory Action
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition for review from Alpine Securities in its bid...
The Return of the Czar
This week, the FT reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to launch a crackdown...
How Do Pandora Papers Impact AML
This week, the world was rocked by revelations from the Pandora Papers, the largest leak of records...
A New Regime
This week, from the U.S sanctions against SUEX OTC, the first time the Treasury Department has...
KYI - Know Your Influencer
Last month, the Council on Foreign Relations reported that an arrest warrant issued by U.S. law...
Where Do We Go From Here?
This week, with the world’s eyes on Kabul, the Group of 7 announced that they agreed on a plan to...
Afghanistan and the March of Time
I served as the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Attache to Afghanistan during the eighth,...
How Compliance Professionals Should Be Thinking About Afghanistan
From a financial crime perspective, financial institutions, fintechs, and others should proactively...
Putting You On Notice
Corruption and money laundering go hand-in-hand.
