Fincrime & AML
A network that laundered more than four million euros from scams by sending the money to Nigeria falls
Spanish Police Bust €4 Million International Money Laundering Ring Bound for Nigeria. The Spanish Civil Guard has disman...
U.S. Regulators Hit UBS With $173 Million in Coordinated AML Enforcement Action
Eight years after promising regulators it would fix persistent weaknesses in its anti-money laundering controls, UBS is...
FATF's June Plenary Trims the Grey List — Africa's Compliance Burden Isn't Going Away
The Financial Action Task Force closed its June 2026 plenary by removing Algeria and Namibia from its list of jurisdicti...
The Fraud–AML Wall Is Coming Down. Is Your Function Ready?
For twenty years, fraud teams and AML teams have sat in different parts of the org chart, run different systems, and ans...
FATF's New Fraud Agenda, a Record INTERPOL Sweep, and a Wave of Regulatory Reform
The middle of 2026 has delivered one of the busiest stretches for financial crime prevention professionals in recent mem...
The Travel Rule's African Frontier
Africa's virtual asset markets are growing faster than our supervisory infrastructure can currently follow. This briefin...
A network that laundered more than four million euros from scams by sending the money to Nigeria falls
Spanish Police Bust €4 Million International Money Laundering Ring Bound for Nigeria. The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal network responsible for laundering over €4 million generated through cyber fraud, CEO scams, and identity theft across Europe. The organization utilized "smurfing"—splitting large illicit funds into more than 9,200 small-wire transfers using falsified passports and stolen identities—to bypass anti-money laundering controls and funnel cash into Nigeria. The two-phase operation led to 20 arrests, investigations into 11 others, and raids targeting key leaders in Bilbao as well as several complicit money transfer agencies.
U.S. Regulators Hit UBS With $173 Million in Coordinated AML Enforcement Action
Eight years after promising regulators it would fix persistent weaknesses in its anti-money laundering controls, UBS is paying for what those regulators say it failed to finish.
FATF's June Plenary Trims the Grey List — Africa's Compliance Burden Isn't Going Away
The Financial Action Task Force closed its June 2026 plenary by removing Algeria and Namibia from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, while adding Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iraq. For African compliance functions, the headline delisting matters less than what it confirms about the direction of travel.
RegTech Won't Save You From a Bad Governance Model. It Will Just Automate It Faster.
Every compliance leader I meet is being asked, in some form, what their AI strategy is. Almost none of them are being asked the more important question first: what is your governance model for the AI you already have?
The EU AI Act's August Deadline Arrives — Just Not the One Everyone Expected
High-risk AI obligations for financial services have been pushed back sixteen months. Transparency rules for chatbots and synthetic media have not moved at all — and enforcement power against general-purpose AI providers switches on this week.
Third-Party Risk Is a Board Issue Now, Not a Procurement Checklist
Outsourcing does not outsource accountability. Regulators have said this for years. Boards are only now starting to act as though they believe it.
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