Cryptocurrency miners are often viewed as the unexciting plumbing behind crypto, with a safe and […]
Anti-Money Laundering
Summary: DSA analyzed nine Crypto Suspicious Activity Report enforcement actions to identify common reasons for […]
Weaponized KYC is when organizations collect KYC information and then use the data to inflict harm on customers.
DSA president, Alison Jimenez, was quoted on foreign corruption in a moneylaundering.com article by Valentina […]
A recent VICE article on human smuggling and migrant kidnapping quotes DSA president, Alison Jimenez.
Dynamic Securities Analytics' 2020 SAR Insights focuses on the interplay between COVID-19 and Suspicious Activity Reports filed by Depository Institutions.
Several key threats including Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Tax Evasion do not have SAR category checkboxes. SAR data is only "useful" to government authorities inasmuch as it is discoverable. Structured data is more easily searchable and will lead to improved AML effectiveness.
DSA's SAR analysis was cited by NBC in "Secret documents reveal potential dark side of pre-paid debit cards."