Since the turn of the century, government-mandated anti-money laundering (AML) frameworks have stood as the financial industry’s first line of defense against illicit activity, with legislation governing respective programs designed to detect suspicious activity and stop the proceeds of criminal activity from being “cleaned” through financial institutions – protecting the integrity of both the domestic […]
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In 2025, the U.S. Secret Service embarked on one of its most ambitious anti-fraud enforcement efforts in recent memory — a nationwide campaign to locate, dismantle, and prevent card skimming devices that harvest payment and benefits card data used to fund additional criminal activity. While credit card skimming is far from a novel concept, this unprecedented law […]
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The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a sweeping enforcement operation in late December 2025, signaling a new chapter in how the United States will use financial intelligence to confront illicit cross-border activity in years to come. Surpassing simple compliance checks, this concerted effort represented an uptick in use of data analytics to maintain […]
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