Sanction Scanner Blog

FATF's June 2026 Plenary: Bosnia and Iraq added to the grey list, Algeria and Namibia removed, plus R6, R16, and the incoming UK Presidency. What it means for AML teams.

EU AI Act hits August 2026 and AML teams are not ready. Learn how it affects compliance, which systems count as high-risk under Annex III, and what your team must do before the deadline to avoid costly misclassification and regulatory risk.

Explore OFAC crypto sanctions, major enforcement cases, SDN wallet screening, and the compliance steps crypto businesses need in 2026.

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, a massive surge in AI-driven fraud, ticket scams, match-fixing, and financial crime threatens fans and operators alike. Discover the hidden risks of this tournament and how businesses can defend against them.

Sanction Scanner has been named a G2 Leader in Anti-Money Laundering for the third year in a row, earning 22 placements across four categories in G2's Summer 2026 reports — including four Leader badges and #1 rankings in the AML Mid-Market Results and Usability indexes.

Discover the reason of cross-border monitoring being the highest-risk surface, details about the transit country problem, and country risk framework. Learn about currency mismatch patterns, and beneficiary mapping in cross-border wires in “Cross-Border Transaction Monitoring: Detecting High-Risk Jurisdiction Flows” article. Learn more about the FATF travel rule crossover, and detection patterns. Read more! 

Layering is where money laundering succeeds or fails and where most AML programs fall short. Discover the key detection patterns, network analysis techniques, and regulatory expectations compliance teams need to catch layering before integration happens.

Correspondent banking is the highest-risk AML surface in global finance. Learn wire transfer monitoring, nested relationships, payable-through accounts, KYCC, and ISO 20022.

A definitive guide to threshold tuning and risk based calibration in transaction monitoring   segmentation, statistical baselines, the FP/detection trade off curve, recalibration triggers, and examiner ready documentation.