High End Art, A Haven for Money Laundering High-end art is quickly making the scene for an increase in financial crime. Banksy is a popular artist whose themes consist of anti-establishment sentiments and rebukes consumer culture and capitalism. His art has ironically become the latest target for money laundering activity.…
FinCEN Setting More Priorities for AML Programs to be Present at Every Financial Institution The List Continues to Grow On January 28th, the United States Treasury Department released formal requirements for businesses to rigorously enhance their monitoring efforts against exposure to money launderers who increase their vulnerability to financial crime.…
A New Approach to Fighting Corruption With the New Year, the Biden Administration announced a new approach to combatting financial corruption. Identifying corruption as a “cancer within the body of societies—a disease that eats at the public trust and the ability of governments to deliver for their citizens.” The plan,…
Who is FIBA? FIBA is back! The Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) was founded over 40 years ago and is a nonprofit trade association and an international center for financial success. The core mission of FIBA is to provide world class education through training and certification to members of the…
HSBC Fined for Failures in AML and KYC Compliance Weaknesses Fines related to failures in anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) compliance systems are increasing, and they shows no signs of stopping. As of last week Europe’s largest bank, HSBC based in London, was fined the equivalent of…
Fines For Money Laundering Crimes Increase According to Kroll’s Global Enforcement Review, which provides insights on global enforcement trends with a focus on the financial services industry, an upsurge in money laundering crimes during the coronavirus pandemic has led to authorities handing out a total of $2.2 billion in money…
An Overview of Environmental Crimes Environmental crimes are estimated at over 110 billion USD annually(FATF report,2021 ). They are considered the most profitable crimes in the world. Roughly two thirds of these crimes consist of forestry, illegal mining, and waste trafficking. The impact of these financial crimes soars beyond the…
Recently, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a notice to firms to incorporate AML and CFT priorities for AML systems in advance of new regulations and standards coming in 2022. New Priorities Set for Companies to Incorporate New Compliance Regulations The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a list on…
How Has Covid-19 Affected Financial Crimes? The Covid-19 crisis has had negative impact on businesses and their owners around the world. In order to help keep businesses afloat, the U.S. government created the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) at the start of the pandemic. This program offered loans to help small…
Who We Are: November 15th, 1996, Richmond, Virginia. The time and place Truth Technologies was born. It has been 25 years since the development of Money Laundering Detection System (MLDS), the first Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance solution. Our company became a trailblazer for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money…