AML/CFT

Nigeria’s Whistleblower Crisis Tests the Price of Speaking Up

The reported assault of a journalist documenting a demolition exercise in Abuja...

Brazil’s PCC Faces Sanctions as Cocaine Network Fuels Money Laundering Across Europe

Abstract A major Brazilian criminal organisation is facing sanctions as...

South Africa’s Financial Crime Fight Puts Compliance Professionals at Risk

Abstract Fighting financial crime is normally presented as a battle over laws,...

 FinCEN Warns of Growing Hospice Fraud Threat as Criminal Networks Exploit Healthcare Programmes

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, is warning financial...

Egmont Group Pushes for More Systematic Intelligence Sharing as Financial Crime...

Australia’s Record Cocaine Bust Expands as Two More Men Face Drug and Firearms Charges

Abstract Australian authorities have charged two more men in an investigation...

Nigeria’s AML Arms Race: As Banks Deploy Agentic AI, Criminals Are Learning to Automate the Laundering Game

The next threat to Nigeria’s anti-money laundering regime may not arrive...

 ‘Low Risk’ No Longer Means Low Scrutiny as UK Regulators Tighten Insurance AML Controls

 Abstract Insurance firms may face lower money laundering exposure than...

Egmont Group Gives FIUs New Tools to Follow the Money Behind Environmental Crime

Abstract Criminals exploiting forests, wildlife, fisheries and mineral...

Your Face Is Now a Password: How AI Is Changing Fraud in Nigeria

The photograph on a social media page, a few seconds of recorded speech and a...