By Travis Birch on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — AML News Sources Within the crypto-universe, ideas about the morality and efficacy of anti-money laundering rules differ widely, but the risks of ignoring those rules are severe, and will become more so as regulators adapt to new technologies. Cryptocurrencies are are deeply linked to the formal financial system and are subject its laws…

AML News Sources — As a student of international relations and Middle East politics, the sheer volume of relevant blogs, Twitter accounts, podcasts, and articles was astounding — it was always easy to join the public discourse and keep up on trends. When my focus shifted to AML and financial crime, I found it…

Online resources for financial investigation — This is the third in a series of articles discussing the internet tools I use as an anti-money laundering analyst. You can find the complete toolbox here, and my previous articles on tools for researching companies and banks here and here. According to the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), annual…

Online tools for investigating financial activity — This is the second in a series of articles discussing the internet tools I use as an anti-money laundering analyst. You can find the complete toolbox here, and my previous article on tools for researching companies here. Banks play an important role in the world of financial crime. On the…

A primer for the prospective analyst — Questions about Michael Cohen’s finances — especially his payment to Stormy Daniels — dominated the headlines for much of 2018, and at the center of the media frenzy around Trump’s former attorney was a little-known federal document called the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). …

Online tools for investigating corporates — When I tell people I’m in anti-money laundering, eyes immediately start to glaze over. Most imagine me spending endless hours poring over boxes of dusty receipts or scrolling through endless spreadsheets. Although reviewing transactions is core to what AML analysts do — and it’s (perhaps surprisingly) a lot of fun…