AFC Briefing
AFC Briefing: Russia Sanctions Evasion
March 2023
Sanctions and economic pressure against Russia continues to escalate in 2023. This AFC Briefing provides an overview of trends, techniques, and planning assumptions consolidated by global experts.
Full paper and summary also available in Arabic.
AFC Reports
January 2024
Informed by insights from 180+ jurisdictions, this report will help you understand the financial crime landscape – including the top threats for organizations in 2024.
Full report also available in French, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.
Best Practice Guide
April 2024
Running an effective AFC program in a cost-constrained environment can be challenging. This guide is essential for AFC professionals with budgetary and team leadership responsibilities. It helps you lead an AFC program during an economic downturn and enables your organization to embrace new and effective AFC strategies.
Full paper and summary also available in French, Spanish and Japanese.
May 2023
The increased cost of compliance and regulatory pressures have caused organizations to focus on streamlining transaction monitoring processes. Explore our best practice guide to discover how organizations optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of their TM ecosystem.
Full paper and summary also available in French.
Oct 2022
In this guide, we explore why FIs and NBFIs need to understand the AFC crypto risks they may be exposed to. Even the most risk-averse institutions can be exposed, either directly when they offer cryptoasset services, or indirectly when a client chooses to trade, invest, or transact cryptoassets.
Full paper and summary also available in Arabic, Japanese, French and Korean.
May 2022
Perpetual KYC is increasingly becoming a necessity for organizations. Its benefits significantly outweigh any challenges – both in terms of efficiency gains and the effectiveness of mitigating risk. In this guide we explore how organizations can pave the path to perpetual KYC.
AFC, Regulatory and Enforcement Bulletin
August 2024
This bulletin examines the crucial link between financial criminal activity and suspicious transaction reports (STRs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
July 2024
The bulletin breaks down enforcement actions across regions like Europe, North America, and Asia, offering a global perspective on regulatory developments.
June 2024
This bulletin reviews suspicious transaction reports (STRs) from 2013 to 2023 in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan for trends and related insights.
April 2024
In this bulletin, we dive into the details of the 85 enforcement actions from Q1 2024 – spotlighting customer risk assessments and identification issues.
January 2024
In this bulletin, we will be doing an analysis of 324 cases from January to December revealed that 57 competent bodies across 30 jurisdictions levied fines totalling $11.5 billion.
January 2024
This bulletin helps financial institutions and reporting entities understand People's Bank of China (PBOC) regulatory concerns and AML vulnerabilities through an examination of enforcement actions.
Full paper and summary also available in Simplified Chinese.
January 2024
In this bulletin, we observed 92 enforcement actions aimed at crypto and sanctions, spanning 29 competent agencies across 18 countries between Oct. 2 and Dec. 28, 2023.
October 2023
This bulletin examines the regulatory and enforcement actions of the 3rd quarter of 2023 amounting to US$2.3 billion.
July 2023
This bulletin examines the regulatory and enforcement actions of the 2nd Quarter of 2023 amounting to US$1.64 billion.
July 2023
This bulletin examines the trends in suspicious transaction reports and significant financial crime typologies in four Asian jurisdictions.
April 2023
Market contagion has caught our attention with crypto and bank collapses. This bulletin analyzes regulatory and enforcement actions across multiple countries, and industries.
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Anti-Financial Crime Toolkit
September 2024
This toolkit is designed to help financial institutions and other organizations enhance their understanding of ownership and control in the contexts of anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance.
June 2024
This toolkit helps address the common challenges to the subpoena process to save law enforcement and financial institutions time and resources, helping them to more efficiently and effectively pursue criminal organizations.
March 2024
This toolkit serves as a valuable resource for utilizing existing tools to fight exploitative crimes and provides information on staying informed, enabling practitioners to remain proactive and effective in their efforts.
January 2024
This toolkit helps financial institutions understand sanctions evasion and associated risks, providing multiple avenues for information sharing to effectively tackle Russia sanctions evasion.
August 2023
This toolkit is designed to help financial institutions in their 314(b) information sharing journey.
June 2023
This toolkit helps craft effective RFIs, enhance collaboration, and gain insights into cryptoasset businesses and terminology.
