AFC Challenges

Effective management of financial crime investigations
AFC Challenges, AML Challenges, AML Now, Featured Column, The AFC Briefing

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Every dollar of illicit wealth that escapes recovery strengthens criminal networks, undermines institutions, leaving businesses, governments and the public to bear the cost. Each year, trillions of dollars are laundered through the global financial system, undermining market integrity and fueling organized crime. Despite significant regulatory...
Cooking quality money laundering: A to aid AML professionals
AFC Challenges, Compliance, Practical Solutions, September – November 2025

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Welcome to the underground kitchen of elite money laundering. In this world, success is not measured in Michelin stars, but in clean and pleasing money trails. The chefs in this kitchen must work with undesirable ingredients (dirty money) but their masterful skills create delectable dishes....
Digital wealth, physical harm: The rise of crypto kidnapping
AFC Challenges, Compliance, Global Financial Crime Review, Practical Solutions, September – November 2025

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During the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in physical violence toward individuals within the crypto industry or associated with crypto wealth. This new variant of kidnapping for ransom During the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in physical violence toward...
Oksana Ihnatenko: Fighting financial crime in Ukraine
AFC Challenges, Global Financial Crime Review, Interviews, September – November 2025

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Oksana Ihnatenko, CAMS, is a managing director at the Center for Financial Integrity in Ukraine and a researcher for the Supervising and Monitoring Ukraine’s Reconstruction Funds project at the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute. Her research focuses on Ukraine’s...
Risks and romance: What the dating industry can learn from financial crimes compliance
AFC Challenges, Compliance, Fraud, September – November 2025

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In the financial services industry, money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions regulations require financial institutions to implement governance frameworks for managing risks, accountability and public trust. In the financial services industry, money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions regulations require financial institutions (FIs) to implement governance...