A Digital Goldmine!
This week, the European Central Bank, in its push for supervisory technology, stated that “national...
The Culture War
This week, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) released a report...
The Man Behind the Curtain
This week, the WSJ rightly highlighted that the biggest impediment to the U.S. Treasury’s plans to...
Adopting a Perpetual KYC Approach
During a recent industry workshop, several leading institutions, including Goldman Sachs, HSBC and...
Survey Says
Last month, David Lewis, the executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), called...
5 Years Ago...
This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) marked the 5th...
The Role of International NGOs in the Fight Against Financial Crime
At first glance, one may not think that NGOs are big players in the anti-money laundering (AML)...
Shell Companies
For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money...
The Three Silos of Defense
With the SEC whistleblower program setting new records in 2020 and with a renewed focus on...
The €6,500 billion Grand Duchy
€6,500 billion. It is the amount of assets managed by sometimes secretive investment funds in...
Rather Grim
It is that time of the year when Transparency International puts out its latest country ratings...
From the Balance Sheet to the Value Sheet
This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year...
On the FBI’s Radar...
This week, according to a leaked intelligence bulletin, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation...
A Pandemic of Corruption
Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various...
What Does Transparency Look Like?
Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard “To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous...
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,...
The Data Problem
According to KPMG, 1 in 3 business leaders don’t trust the information they use to make decisions....
