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Explore AML/CFT regulation, enforcement, financial crime risks, compliance practices, technology and original research from jurisdictions around the world. This section brings together the core subject areas covered by AML Observatory.
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Five Charged in $1.05 Million U.S. Treasury Check Scheme Involving Money Laundering
Five Houston-area residents have been charged in a 33-count federal indictment over an alleged scheme to obtain and move proceeds from a counterfeit U.S. Treasury…
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Mexican National Sentenced to Four Years in Black-Market Peso Exchange Money Laundering Scheme
A Mexican national has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his role in a two-year, multimillion-dollar trade-based money laundering scheme that moved…
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Behavox Opens Milan Office as European Compliance Surveillance Demand Grows
Behavox has opened a new office in Milan as it expands its compliance and surveillance business across continental Europe. The company announced the move on…
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UK Solicitors Face Sharper Source-of-Funds Expectations as SRA Updates AML Risk Assessment
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has sharpened its expectations around source-of-funds and source-of-wealth checks in its updated sectoral risk assessment for anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation…
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UN Security Council Amends 21 Entries on ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions List
The UN Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has amended 21 existing entries on its sanctions list, with the updated list now covering…
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FinCEN Convenes Banks and Law Enforcement on Hospice Fraud and Money Laundering Risks
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) convened law enforcement agencies and financial institutions in Los Angeles on 17 August 2026 to examine fraud involving…
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Indonesia Begins Preparations for 2029/2030 FATF Mutual Evaluation
Indonesia has formally begun preparations for its next Financial Action Task Force mutual evaluation, with authorities launching a national coordination process ahead of the country’s…
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Colombian National Pleads Guilty in Seven-Year Money Laundering Scheme Using Drug Proceeds
A Colombian national has pleaded guilty in the United States to participating in a seven-year money laundering conspiracy that used drug proceeds to purchase consumer…
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FlowShield Research Combines Fund-Flow Tracking and LLMs for Crypto AML Detection
A new research preprint proposes a cryptocurrency anti-money laundering framework that combines transaction semantics, fund-flow reconstruction, graph learning and large language models to detect laundering…
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RUSI Maps North Korea’s Crypto-to-Fiat Laundering Vulnerabilities and Compliance Responses
A new research paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) examines how North Korea converts stolen virtual assets into fiat currency, highlighting the point…
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