Afghanistan and the March of Time
I served as the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Attache to Afghanistan during the eighth,...
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
A Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is a report made by a regulated institution in a variety of...
Putting You On Notice
Corruption and money laundering go hand-in-hand.
A Digital Cold War: Dual Use & The New Frontier
Last month, the announcement of Germany’s arrest of a businessman suspected of purchasing...
Shell Companies
For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money...
Rather Grim
It is that time of the year when Transparency International puts out its latest country ratings...
Sigma Risk API - Risk Scoring Data on Over 60 Indicators
Hello Sigma network! As the year comes to a close, not only have we celebrated being named in the...
Sigma expands Address Risk & improves search speed by 5x
Hello Sigma network! We continue to roll out new product enhancements and improvements across our...
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...
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....
72% De-Risk vs. Manage Risk
A problem with few solutions
The Search for an Updated Wolfsberg Questionnaire
On pushing forward broader adoption
Mapping Risk
Nothing is more constant than change.
Sigma Ratings Middle East Poll
Perception vs Data
Banking in Antarctica
Mapping financial networks to the edge of the world.
