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In June 2022, the requirements of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in the United States went into effect.

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Welcome back to the fifth and final instalment of our 2023 financial crime market outlook series.

In this blog, we focus on Asia-Pacific countries.

The region’s financial risk landscape is truly diverse with an array...

This is the fourth part of our Global Market Outlook Series and we’re looking at Latin America.

The term Latin America is used to describe the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean that speak...

Welcome back to the third part of our 2023 Financial Crime Market Outlook.

We are going to focus on North America and the laws, regulations, and focal points for financial crime prevention this year.   

Welcome back to our financial crime market outlook series. This is the second instalment of the series and we will be focusing on Africa and the Middle East, and what 2023 holds for the region. 

Worldwide, criminals launder between $800 million and $2 trillion each year, with 90% of money laundering crimes going undetected. 

Elliot Berman and I were pleased to be able to post close to 50 new conversations in 2022 about the many challenges, both domestic and international, that our community continues to face. As expected, the themes were...

“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?”[1]

SPECIAL EDITION WITH GUEST STUDENT AUTHORS FROM THE SCHAR SCHOOL OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 

Special Edition with Guest Student Authors from the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University (https://traccc.gmu.edu/)

Special Edition with Guest Student Authors from the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University (https://traccc.gmu.edu/)

Financial institutions need to follow AML/BSA requirements so they can have confidence in their compliance process and ease the pressure from regulators. Part of this process is transaction monitoring to identify any...

A risk-based approach was identified by the FATF as an effective and proactive stance of tackling anti-money laundering compliance. They reported a risk-based approach means that “countries, competent authorities, and...

What is cryptocurrency? 

To take your AML compliance program to new heights of effectiveness, introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) technology could be the right decision. Certain features like automation and rules-based algorithms...

Anti-money laundering compliance teams need to have several traits to help keep them at their best, these include resilience and adaptability. As an industry, we need to be aware of all challenges, both new and...

At the Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) AML Compliance Conference, David McLaughlin, SVP, Head of Technology Integration at AML RightSource, was joined by a knowledgeable panel of experts including...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF[1]) recently updated its Risk-Based Approach Guidance for the Real Estate Sector. This update was prompted by increasing risks of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF)...

Trafficking in persons is the second largest black market in the world (the first is the illegal drug trade). It is estimated that human trafficking is more than a $150 billion industry with over 24.9 million victims...

With scamming on the rise, criminals are always looking for people willing to lend them their bank accounts to receive and withdraw the unlawful cash and these people are called mules or money mules, now you must be...

Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE) is a global problem and is on the rise. One of several forms of elder abuse, this type includes theft, fraud, and exploiting the financial resources of older adults. The bad actors in...

After two years of discussion and negotiation, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement on the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), a framework of regulations for digital asset...

This is the second part of a two-part series on what money laundering is and some of the ways it is done.