Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: A Matter of National Security
Emerging Challenges in the Ever-Evolving World of Illicit Finance
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October 08, 2025
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This article first appeared in the August 2025 issue of the Global Financial Markets Institute. The entire publication is available at: https://www.gfmi.com/articles/anti-money-laundering-compliance-a-matter-of-national-security/
Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (“CFT”) have evolved from compliance obligations into critical national security imperatives. Illicit finance destabilizes economies, enables terrorism, empowers authoritarian regimes, and threatens global security. As financial crime grows more complex – fueled by transnational organized crime (“TCOs”), digital assets, and artificial intelligence (“AI”) – the private financial sector sits at the front line of defense.
AML compliance is no longer just regulatory housekeeping. It is a necessity for safeguarding national security, financial stability, and democratic resilience. The convergence of geopolitics, organized crime, digital assets, and AI demands robust compliance programs, global coordination, and private-sector leadership in what has become the newest domain of warfare.
In this article, AML compliance expert Alma Angotti discusses the intersections of financial crime, geopolitics, and technology, drawing on FATF’s latest reports, U.S. Treasury strategy, and emerging enforcement actions.
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