Russia’s Hope of Ice Hockey Glory Buried Under Sanctions
Over the past decade and a half, some of Russia’s wealthiest and most powerful people, with the blessing of President Vladimir Putin, have been working...
Trade Finance Risk and Controls
Trade finance is described as the provision of finance and services by financial institutions (FIs) for the movement of goods and services between two points,...
Is It “Groundhog Day” for Digital Assets?
2022 was a rollercoaster year for digital asset regulation and enforcement—at times fluctuating between a “Groundhog Day”-esque barrage of been-there-before and an endless array of...
The Rise of Real Estate Money Laundering
The growth of real estate money laundering has been prevalent throughout the past 15 years as the U.S. continues to see ever-changing criminal strategies that...
Choppy Waters: Negotiating the Complexities of Sanctions Due Diligence in an Uncertain World
In the not-too-distant past, a large international financial institution (FI) was weighing a golden opportunity. It was asked to provide funding for a sizeable manufacturing...
The BSA Tractor
You may have read it in magazines or seen the news or videos of some altruistic country sending modern tractors to aid farmers in developing...