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...
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...
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...
Operationalizing GRACE: A Practical Path to Responsible AI in Compliance
Frameworks are only as valuable as their execution.
Accelerating Insights: Generative AI for Holistic Risk Summarization and Case Closure
The more data we collect, the less time we have to understand it.
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...
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...
Staying Ahead of Crypto Compliance: Why AI-Driven Tools Are the New Standard
The cryptocurrency landscape is maturing — and fast.
AML in Banking: What You Need To Know
Since the AML ACT of 2020, there has been an overall shift in the U.S. regulatory regime toward...
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...
Level 1 vs Level 2 Investigations
“Two heads are better than one”, as the old saying goes. However, in anti-money laundering and risk...
