The Bulgarian Banksy
Last month, the U.S. State Department and U.S. The Treasury Department sanctioned Vassil Bojkov, a...
It’s Not Me, It’s €.U
This month, the European Union revealed its plan to set up a new agency, the Anti-Money Laundering...
The World [Is Not Enough]
Every day, millions of articles are published to the Internet across multiple platforms, languages...
The Financial Action [Tech] Force
Last week, following its latest plenary, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global AML...
Trade-Based Money Laundering
One might imagine the surprise a Customs Official has when viewing an invoice for toilet paper...
What Is an AML Analyst?
An alert in a bank’s transaction monitoring system notifies that there is a large amount of money...
A Digital Goldmine!
This week, the European Central Bank, in its push for supervisory technology, stated that “national...
Level 1 vs Level 2 Investigations
“Two heads are better than one”, as the old saying goes. However, in anti-money laundering and risk...
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...
From "Trade War" to "Tech War" and Back Again
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it added 7 Chinese companies in the...
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)...
The e-New Normal
This week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global AML/CFT watchdog founded by the G7,...
Sanctions Flex
This week, the United States, EU, UK and Canada announced coordinated sanctions against key Chinese...
The Smallest Country You've Never Heard Of
8 miles off the coast of Britain lies the Principality of Sealand, the world’s smallest...
No Representation Without Taxation
This week, the Tax Justice Network, a “group funded by donations and campaigning for transparency,”...
Too Big To Fail...Small Enough To Jail
The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) released the ‘ACAMS...
Shell Companies
For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money...
