Resources Blog

Intelligence, analysis, and enforcement insight.

Analysis, research, and intelligence from Sayari on sanctions, export controls, supply chain risk, and financial crime.

AML Real Estate

FinCEN Real Estate AML

FinCEN’s permanent nationwide real estate AML rule replaced geographic targeting orders. Here’s what a defensible beneficial owner...
Read
Counternarcotics

FinCEN Fentanyl Precursor Screening

FIs submitted 1,200 BSA reports on fentanyl activity in 2024. Here’s how trade history data turns FinCEN’s red flag guidance into ...
Read
Financial Services

Financial Industry Compliance Challenges

AML compliance costs have surged significantly since 2016. Yet false positive rates remain high. Here’s why the investment isn’t s...
Read
Counternarcotics

Fentanyl Networks

FinCEN‘s 2024 fentanyl guidance identifies financial typologies. Here’s how FIUs and law enforcement use corporate records and tra...
Read
ESG Supply Chain

EUDR Deadline Moved

The European Commission extended the EUDR enforcement date. Supply chain teams that treated the delay as a pause are already behin...
Read
Sanctions

EU Sanctions Compliance

The EU’s expanded sanctions regime against Russia now requires detailed due diligence on high-risk export items, demanding more th...
Read
Government Supply Chain

DoD Supply Chain Foreign Adversaries

The DoD sources from 200,000+ global suppliers. A GAO report says visibility below tier 1 remains inadequate. Here’s what closing ...
Read
Financial Crime

Antiquities Laundering

Art and antiquities remain one of the least-regulated high-value asset classes. The Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Act changed t...
Read
ESG Supply Chain

EU Due Diligence Requirements

Three European regulations now require supply chain due diligence – and their requirements overlap without aligning perfectly. Her...
Read