Drug networks move money
through companies.
Narcotics trafficking organizations rely on legitimate-looking corporate structures to move precursor chemicals, launder proceeds, and obscure beneficial owners. Sayari traces the corporate network behind the financial network.
Why financial investigation alone misses the structure
The structural gaps that point solutions can’t close.
Corporate layering for proceeds
DTO proceeds move through shell companies, cash-intensive businesses, and nominee-owned entities across multiple jurisdictions. Each layer is designed to appear legitimate when screened independently.
Precursor chemical networks
Chemical precursors for fentanyl and methamphetamine flow through networks of trading companies, many registered in China, Mexico, and third-country transshipment jurisdictions, with deliberate ownership opacity.
Beneficial owner concealment
DTO principals use nominees, attorneys, and corporate service providers to register entities without appearing in any public record. Identifying the real beneficial owner requires cross-jurisdictional data integration.
Trace the corporate structure behind narco-finance.
Sayari integrates corporate registry filings, trade flow data, beneficial ownership records, and financial intelligence across 250+ jurisdictions – mapping the full network from DTO principal to front company.
Beneficial Owner Identification
Traverse ownership chains across jurisdictions to identify the natural person ultimately controlling a corporate network – including nominee arrangements and attorney-registered entities.
Precursor Trade Flow Mapping
Sayari Map links HS code-level shipment data for known precursor chemicals to corporate ownership networks – revealing the supplier-to-DTO supply chain.
Proceeds Network Mapping
Map corporate ownership structures used to layer and integrate drug proceeds – connecting cash-intensive businesses, real estate holdings, and financial entities to known or suspected principals.
Cross-Agency Intelligence Integration
Sayari’s API enables integration with FinCEN, OFAC, DEA, and HSI databases – providing a unified investigative layer across agency holdings.
From data to decision
Start from any known actor or network
Begin with a known DTO entity, a suspicious trade shipment, or a financial alert flagged by FinCEN or a financial institution.
Corporate and trade network traversal
Sayari maps all corporate relationships – ownership, co-directorship, co-registration – and links to trade flow records for precursor chemicals.
Prioritize for action
Identify high-value targets: beneficial owners, financial infrastructure nodes, and precursor suppliers most critical to DTO operations.
Records in Sayari’s integrated world model
Sayari’s world model integrates corporate registries, trade manifests, beneficial ownership filings, and enforcement databases into a single persistent entity graph – enabling the kind of cross-domain network analysis that narcotics investigators need.
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