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Case Study: Prince Group – A Masterclass in Money Laundering and Fraud
In October 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working closely with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against a major cybercriminal network operating out of Southeast Asia. Specifically, OFAC imposed sweeping sanctions on 146 targets affiliated with the Prince Group Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO)
Anna Stylianou
Nov 58 min read
What is Machine Learning in AML?
Understand how Machine Learning can help entities improve their AML program
Anna Stylianou
Oct 64 min read
Money Laundering Risks During Holidays: Why Quiet Periods Attract Financial Crime
August is widely seen as a month of rest. In many countries, people take holidays, inboxes go unanswered, and businesses slow down....
Anna Stylianou
Aug 53 min read
False Positives in Transaction Monitoring – What We Can Do Better
In Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and more specifically transaction monitoring, a false positive occurs when a transaction monitoring system...
Anna Stylianou
Jun 104 min read
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
Lessons learned from AML penalties issued in 2023
This article appears as the "Discussion of the month" topic in AML News and Updates Newsletter - January 2024 edition which can be found...
Anna Stylianou
Jan 8, 20244 min read
Crypto Compliance: What Can We Learn from Binance's Problems?
This article appears as the "Discussion of the month" topic in AML News and Updates Newsletter - December 2023 edition which can be found...
Anna Stylianou
Dec 7, 20234 min read
The conviction of SBF – Lessons for Compliance Officers and Risk Managers
This article appears as the "Discussion of the month" topic in AML News and Updates Newsletter - November 2023 edition which can be found...
Anna Stylianou
Nov 2, 20234 min read
Tax evasion methods and Trends
This article appears as the "Discussion of the month" topic in AML News and Updates Newsletter - October 2023 edition which can be found...
Anna Stylianou
Oct 2, 20234 min read
How AML officers are affected by ESG goals
This article appears as the "Discussion of the month" topic in AML News and Updates Newsletter - September 2023 edition which can be...
Anna Stylianou
Sep 6, 20234 min read
Keeping Up with Compliance updates: Easy Tips for AML Professionals
How to keep up to date with AML developments
Anna Stylianou
Aug 11, 20233 min read
Implementing an AML program in the crypto industry - the challenges
Learn how to implement an AML program in the crypto industry
Anna Stylianou
Jul 7, 20236 min read
Identifying and managing high-risk customers
Learn how to identify and manage high-risk customers
Anna Stylianou
Jul 3, 20235 min read
The elements of an effective AML program
How to create an effective AML program
Anna Stylianou
Jul 3, 20235 min read
New FATF Guidance on Beneficial Ownership: Safeguarding Legal Persons Against Misuse
How bad actors may be using corporate vehicles to disguise the beneficial owners and how FATF guidance aims to end this.
Anna Stylianou
Apr 5, 20236 min read
Practical Steps to Combat Corruption and Bribery
In this article we discuss what is corruption, bribery, the effects and how to prevent these types of activities.
Anna Stylianou
Mar 8, 20235 min read
Once a PEP always a PEP? Learn what other professionals have to say
Whether “once a PEP always a PEP” is a controversial question...
And there is no correct answer!
Anna Stylianou
Jan 10, 20235 min read
Danske Bank agreed to pay $2 billion to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) for Danske Bank Estonia
The Danske bank Estonian branch case shows how a lack of effective corporate governance, insufficient monitoring of the subsidiaries, and in
Anna Stylianou
Dec 20, 20224 min read
The collapse of FTX - what went wrong
FTX was considered one of the most stable and responsible companies in the regulated crypto industry. Learn how it collapsed within a few da
Anna Stylianou
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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