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Anti Financial Crime Report 2025: Trends, Risks and Best Practices from Leading Experts
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The Power of Empathy in Compliance Leadership
Empathy is often seen as a soft skill, but in compliance leadership, it’s essential for fostering trust, teamwork, and engagement. While...

Anna Stylianou
May 223 min read
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The EU’s New AML Package: What’s Changing and Why It Matters
The EU AML Package - what is changing

Anna Stylianou
May 123 min read
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Source of Funds vs Source of Wealth: Understanding the Difference
Ask anyone working in financial crime or compliance, and they’ll tell you: source of funds and source of wealth are often...

Anna Stylianou
Apr 283 min read
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Enforcement Actions Against Garantex: Money Laundering Techniques and Lessons Learned
Garantex, a digital asset exchange active since 2019, was taken offline through a coordinated enforcement action

Anna Stylianou
Apr 152 min read
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What a €3.5M AML Fine Teaches Us About Fintech Compliance
In April 2025, Revolut was fined €3.5 million by the Lithuanian Central Bank, a clear example of how an AML fine in fintech can expose...

Anna Stylianou
Apr 93 min read
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Lessons from OKCoin Europe’s €1M AML Penalty
OKCoin Europe received more than €1M in penalties for AML failures. Learn why and the lessons learned

Anna Stylianou
Apr 74 min read
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What AML Professionals Need to Know About Online Child Sexual Exploitation
Understanding Online Child Sexual Exploitation - FATF Report

Anna Stylianou
Mar 283 min read
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The Suncity Group Case Study: The role of Junket Operators Money Laundering and Lessons Learned
This article is based on UNODC Report: Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking and Transnational Organized Crime in East and...

Anna Stylianou
Mar 194 min read
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The Fowler Oldfield and NatWest Money Laundering Scandal - What Went Wrong
Fowler Oldfield was a commercial customer of NatWest with a banking relationship that lasted from 2011 to 2016

Anna Stylianou
Mar 64 min read
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AML Update: Key Outcomes from the February 2025 FATF Plenary
Key Outcomes from the February 2025 FATF Plenary

Anna Stylianou
Feb 222 min read
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Real Estate Money Laundering: Methods, Vulnerabilities and Red Flags
The real estate sector is a prime target for money launderers. Why? Because it allows them to move large amounts of money while...

Anna Stylianou
Feb 64 min read
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The Threat of Money Laundering in Online Gambling and Gaming
Money laundering risks in online gambling and gaming

Anna Stylianou
Jan 215 min read
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Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme: How it Went Undetected for So Long
Bernie Madoff - Learn how the greatest Ponzi scheme worked and why people missed the red flags

Anna Stylianou
Jan 83 min read
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The 5 Largest AML Penalties of 2024: How to Prevent Similar Violations
The 5 largest AML penalties of 2024

Anna Stylianou
Jan 24 min read
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5 Steps to Effective AML Investigations
AML investigations are essential to help a regulated entity differentiate between a transaction that is legitimate and a transaction that...

Anna Stylianou
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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The Evolution of the Risk-Based Approach in AML
The risk-based approach is the opposite of one-size-fits-all approach

Anna Stylianou
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Avoiding Regulatory Penalties: Building an AML Program the Right Way
A quick guide to build an AML program

Anna Stylianou
Dec 3, 20245 min read
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Customer Due Diligence (CDD): How Bad Actors Exploit the Gaps
Customer Due Diligence: How Bad Actors Exploit The Gaps

Anna Stylianou
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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Bitfinex Hack Money Laundering Methods: Lessons learned
If you think crypto is anonymous, think again. In November 2024, Ilya Lichtenstein was convicted for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, where he...

Anna Stylianou
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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The Russian Laundromat: How $20 Billion were Transferred from Russia to the Rest of the World
The Russian Laundromat was a cleverly-designed money laundering scheme.

Anna Stylianou
Nov 20, 20245 min read
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