FTO & DTO Risk Intelligence

Expose hidden cartel, FTO, and DTO exposure across your network
Organizations face significant legal, financial, and reputational risk when directly or indirectly connected to cartels designated as FTOs, SDGT, or DTOs. Sigma360 combines curated fentanyl supply-chain intelligence, expert-led screening, and DEA-led advisory to surface exposure routine tools miss.
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Using proprietary data analytics, Sigma360 has identified additional cartel-linked entities and networks, helping firms stay ahead of regulatory expectations.

30K+
Direct and indirect cartel-linked connections identified
100K+
Additional entities at higher risk of exposure
Precursor
Chemical companies linked to illicit fentanyl production
As President Trump has made clear, cartels are terrorist groups, and this Department of Justice is devoted to destroying cartels and transnational gangs.
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Unmatched visibility into cartel-related risk


  • Corporate Registry & Business Formation Data

    Reveals complex ownership structures, shell entities, and front companies that obscure true affiliations.


  • Enhanced Watchlist & Screening Data

    Captures official global designations, then expands them with network mapping and contextual updates.


  • Adverse Media & Investigative Reporting

    Surfaces red flags from open-source intelligence, news, and court filings that aren’t reflected in traditional lists.


  • Proprietary Cartel Threat Intelligence

    Behavioral models and expert-built indicators that uncover hidden cartel affiliations and FTO exposure.

Why Traditional Screening Falls Short

Traditional screening tools are a required baseline, but they were not built to detect the complexity of FTO/DTO-linked risk. Most systems rely on basic lists of names downloaded from regulatory bodies, leaving firms blind to key exposure points.

Legacy approaches do not fully integrate sanctions, adverse media, PEP data, corporate registries, and other critical reporting sources into a holistic, persistent view of direct and indirect risk.

What legacy tools miss

  • Shell structures and layered ownership used to obscure control
  • Alias networks cartels use to hide operations
  • Indirect exposure through intermediaries and opaque supply chains
  • Disconnected sanctions, adverse media, PEP, and registry data
  • Precursor chemical companies linked to illicit fentanyl production

Risk Amplifiers for Financial Institutions and Corporates

Cross-border services

Cross-border financial activity increases the risk of cartel-related exposure, especially to and from foreign jurisdictions.

Trade finance

Complex trade and trade finance arrangements present risk for disguising illicit financing activity.

Operational proximity

Significant operational activity or payment flows to higher-risk jurisdictions, including Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Panama.

Indirect cartel-related exposure

Services provided to third-party intermediaries and work with opaque supply chains may present hidden risk.

High-risk industries

Exposure to energy, oil and gas, logistics, recreation, and agriculture presents elevated cartel-related risk.

Persistent, holistic view

Sigma360 integrates these signals into one data-centric view of direct and indirect risk, at scale, ahead of the headlines.

Strengthen Fentanyl-related Risk Management

360 Fentanyl Risk Intelligence

Arm your team with curated, hard-to-access intelligence from global and U.S. government sources, investigative reporting, and law enforcement tradecraft, without adding analyst headcount or juggling vendors.

  • Curated fentanyl supply-chain intelligence
  • Trusted legal and government intelligence
  • Flexible delivery and update cadence
  • Risk screening and alert triage
  • False positive reduction
  • Governance-aligned documentation
  • Transaction-level risk management
  • Expert analysis and strategic advisory
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360 Enhance Screening Services

Tap into an expert-led screening solution that surfaces hidden risk across your customer, vendor, or partner network. We securely process your data, triage results, and escalate higher-risk findings with governance-aligned documentation.

  • Curated fentanyl supply-chain intelligence
  • Trusted legal and government intelligence
  • Flexible delivery and update cadence
  • Risk screening and alert triage
  • False positive reduction
  • Governance-aligned documentation
  • Transaction-level risk management
  • Expert analysis and strategic advisory
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360 Advisory and Technical Services

Combine Sigma360’s intelligence, technology, and senior advisory expertise for a full-spectrum solution. Led by former DEA officials and supported by investigative analysts, delivered project-based or ongoing.

  • Curated fentanyl supply-chain intelligence
  • Trusted legal and government intelligence
  • Flexible delivery and update cadence
  • Risk screening and alert triage
  • False positive reduction
  • Governance-aligned documentation
  • Transaction-level risk management
  • Expert analysis and strategic advisory
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are FTOs, SDGTs, and DTOs?
 

These are U.S. government designations for organizations tied to terrorism and drug trafficking: Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), Specifically Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs). Several cartels now carry these designations, which raises the legal, financial, and reputational stakes for firms with direct or indirect exposure.

 

Isn’t standard sanctions screening enough?
Routine screening is a required baseline, but government and legal guidance indicate it may not be sufficient on its own. Most tools rely on lists of names and miss shell structures, layered ownership, and alias networks. Sigma360 adds dynamic external data and network analytics on top of your existing controls.
How does Sigma360 identify indirect exposure?
Sigma360 integrates sanctions, adverse media, PEP data, corporate registries, and other critical reporting sources into a holistic, persistent view. This surfaces indirect connections through intermediaries, opaque supply chains, and precursor chemical companies that fragmented tools leave hidden.
Which offering is right for my team?
Teams that want to strengthen internal detection choose 360 Fentanyl Risk Intelligence. Resource-constrained teams that want screening and triage handled choose 360 Enhanced Screening Services. Firms facing heightened exposure or complexity choose 360 Advisory & Technical Services, a full-spectrum engagement led by former DEA officials.

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