Cartels are increasingly using legitimate trade, shipping, and finance channels to disguise illicit activity. This article explores the supply chain risks facing trade finance teams and the due diligence steps institutions should take to detect hidden narco-terrorism exposure.
The Jason Duncker arrest signals a new era in cartel enforcement, where counterterrorism tools are now being used against criminal networks. This article explores what that shift means for AML compliance, adverse media screening, and AI-driven risk management.
The Anti-Terrorism Act casts a wide net, exposing institutions to liability for even indirect support to designated groups. This article explains what that means for compliance, correspondent banking, and counterparty risk.
Cartels do not appear as obvious bad actors at onboarding. This article explores how they exploit KYC gaps through shell entities, nominee directors, and hidden network ties, and why continuous monitoring is now essential for banks.
Barrio 18’s FTO designation raises the stakes for banks, corporates, and compliance teams. This article explores the legal, sanctions, and network-risk implications, and why list screening alone will not be enough.
FinCEN’s bulk cash smuggling alert shows how shell companies and legitimate businesses can help launder cartel proceeds. This article outlines the red flags, cross-border risks, and monitoring steps financial institutions should prioritize.
AML risk models fail when data is incomplete, outdated, or poorly connected. This article explores how entity resolution, better data coverage, and contextual scoring improve classification accuracy and help compliance teams reduce both missed risk and wasted effort.
FinCEN’s oil-smuggling alert shows how cartels use trade channels, shell entities, and misleading payments to launder proceeds. This article explains the red flags and why adverse media screening and transaction screening matter.
Cartel risk often hides in indirect connections that legacy screening tools miss. This article explains how network intelligence, adverse media screening, and relationship-based risk scoring help institutions detect hidden exposure.
False positives are a hidden tax on compliance teams. This article explores how high-accuracy AML screening, entity resolution, and materiality scoring can reduce alert noise and help analysts focus on real risk.
Spreadsheets may feel familiar, but they create risk as compliance demands grow. This article explores why a risk management platform gives teams better speed, accuracy, visibility, and audit readiness.
Spreadsheets may feel familiar, but they create risk as compliance demands grow. This article explores why a risk management platform gives teams better speed, accuracy, visibility, and audit readiness.
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