May 17, 2026
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human trafficking

Tackling Human Trafficking: Lessons from Case Studies

Human trafficking is the act of taking a person across a border against their will, usually to exploit them for labor. The term applies both to when people are trafficked from city to city inside a country and when they are brought across international borders. Human smuggling, on the other hand, is voluntary on the […]

Huoine Group and Southeast Asia romance scams

PRC Extradites Huione Group Gangster Tied to Pig Butchering Scams

Li Xiong, past chairman of the Huione Group, was extradited from Cambodia to China last week, in another blow towards organized crime in Southeast Asia focused on generating revenue from fraud schemes. The Huione Group was a corporate network of companies that enabled money laundering on a massive scale for scam centers in Southeast Asia […]

AML Intelligence Lifecycle

The 5 Step AML Intelligence Cycle

Anti-money laundering (AML) professionals are often heard to lament filing piles of Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) that go into a proverbial black hole, never to be seen or heard from again. I may have lent my voice to that chorus over the years as well. A SAR is the result of an AML investigation where […]

Operator vs. Analyst

Top 5 Differences Between Fraud Investigators and Anti-Money Laundering Analysts

In the world of anti-financial crime professions, there are a few major disciplines that stand out and tend to define a career. One of these is anti-fraud. In recent years, fraud has become more well-known to the public. Any type of misrepresentation, lying, scheming, scamming or stealing credentials and identities in order to gain money […]

Los Angeles Fashion District flooded with piles of cash.

What Are the Career Prospects for an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Investigator?

An anti-money laundering (AML) investigator is a person who decides if financial activity is suspicious or not. Typically, AML investigators work in a top-level department at financial institutions like banks, fintech companies, money remitters, and casinos. These individuals must review customer records, open-source information, and transaction activity to make a well-supported analytical decision.  When activity […]