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Annual research on financial crime and compliance, published every year since 2020. Each edition reviews the year's regulation, enforcement and sanctions, and what comes next.
Financial crime and compliance reports
Report
2025–2026 Financial Crime & Compliance Report
Review a transformative year in financial crime and compliance, stay on top of critical global developments, and explore the strategies shaping the future of AML and RegTech.
Report
2024–2025 Financial Crime & Compliance Report
The 2024–2025 Financial Crime & Compliance Report: illicit fund flows, regulatory advances and the technology reshaping AML and compliance work.
Report
2023–2024 Financial Crime & Compliance Report
The 2023–2024 Financial Crime & Compliance Report covers fraud, AML and CFT, with analysis of 6AMLD, the FinCEN Final Rule and MiCA crypto rules.
Earlier editions
Outlook
2022–2023 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Outlook
The 2022–2023 AML Outlook: the top financial crime threats and compliance challenges expected in 2023, after the war in Ukraine and the pandemic.
Annual report
2021–2022 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Annual Report
The 2021–2022 AML Annual Report: sanctions packages after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rapid regulatory updates and the year's key AML/CFT lessons.
Annual report
2020–2021 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Annual Report
The 2020–2021 AML Annual Report: the year's top AML compliance challenges, new and updated regulations, crypto rules and money laundering trends.
Before you ask us
What are the complead reports?
Annual research on financial crime and compliance. Each edition reviews the year's regulation, enforcement, sanctions and technology, and looks ahead to what compliance teams should expect next.
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How often is a new edition published?
Once a year, in January. Between editions, shorter analysis appears on the complead blog.
How far back does the series go?
To the 2020–2021 AML Annual Report. All past editions are listed under Earlier editions on this page.
Why were these reports on sanctionscanner.com before?
complead was formerly Sanction Scanner. The same team writes the reports, and the full archive moved here with the rebrand. Read why we changed our name.
Can I cite or quote a report?
Yes. Please credit complead and the edition title, and link to the report page.
Who writes the reports?
complead's compliance team. Each report page names its author.
What does a typical edition cover?
AML and CFT regulatory updates such as 6AMLD and MiCA, sanctions developments, major enforcement cases and fines, fraud and crypto risks, and the role of AI and RegTech in compliance.
Can complead help my team act on the findings?
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