2,301,163 SARs were filed in 2019 which is an increase of 6% from 2018 levels. Depository Institutions filed 48% of all SARs, MSBs accounted for 37% and Securities/Futures filed 9%.
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Alison Jimenez, president of Dynamic Securities Analytics, authored “Migrant Smuggling: What Financial Institutions Need to Know” published today by Thomson Reuter’s Legal Executive Institute. Topics Covered: Defines Human/Migrant Smuggling Describes how migrant smuggling organizations operate Discusses payment methods and transactions involved in migrant smuggling Analyzes Human Smuggling Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to provide insight on […]
Migrant smuggling tragedies underscore the important role of financial institutions in identifying human smuggling
With 2018 in the books, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc. returns with our annual analysis of Suspicious Activity Reports (‘SARs’). This time we focused on SARs filed in 2018 by Depository Institutions, MSBs and Securities/Futures firms. Something Old Some SAR categories have been tried and true out-performers. The top three SAR categories for both Banks and […]