Category: AML Surveillance

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Crypto Going Mainstream? Big Banks Believe So

The booming cryptocurrency market has become the talk of the United States and the better part of the world since the start of 2021. No longer viewed as long-shot, speculative assets that provide

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Justice Department Targets Pockets of Corporate Executives with New Pilot Program

As part of the United States growing efforts to crack down on corporate crime and other white-collar criminal exploits, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) recently announced the creation

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Trending: FinCEN Highlights Novel U.S. Tax Evasion Efforts through Shell Companies

As inflation rates continue to wreak havoc on the bottom-lines of the middle and lower class across the United States, American citizens are seeing their dollar count for arguably less than ever

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U.S. Continues Crackdown on Crypto Mixers in New Criminal Proceedings

One story dominated international headlines this week, as two key cogs in the multinational underground operation that is Tornado Cash have been charged with laundering over $1 billion

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U.S. Anti-Illicit Drug Crusade Shifts Focus to Fentanyl, Traffickers

As part of its ongoing battle to limit the proliferation of money laundering efforts and activities that contribute to the funding of terror operations at the respective regional and international levels

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Record Enforcement Actions Expected Following Treasury’s Whistleblower Revamp

Over the past decade, the United States has made significant strides in upping the ante against both domestic and international money laundering

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Trending: Global AML-Related Fines Surged by 50% in 2022

The penalties issued against both domestic and international financial service providers for lapses in their money laundering defenses rose

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Trending: Laundering Through Luxury Goods Reaches All-Time High

Purchases of flashy luxury items such as foreign cars, fine jewelry, yachts, and private jets are often high on the agenda for those wealthy enough to afford them

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Are Data Breaches Driving Rising Inflation Rates?

With the national inflation rate rising to 9.1% as of July 2022 and the global supply chain crisis with no foreseeable end, the United States and several

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Weekly Roundup in AML/CFT

Swedish telecommunications staple Ericsson has found itself in the midst of an ugly legal dispute over contentious business practices dating

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