#QuickbiteCompliance day 212
🚩 Red Flags in Financial Crime: The Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore
Imagine your fire alarm starts beeping—you wouldn’t just remove the batteries and go back to sleep. In financial crime, red flags are like that alarm: they warn us something’s wrong. But criminals count on people ignoring them.
### How Criminals Hide Behind Missed Red Flags
1️⃣ The “Too Fast, Too Furious” Transaction
– Example: A new customer suddenly moves $1M through an account in 3 days, with no clear business purpose. By the time anyone questions it, the money’s gone.
2️⃣ The “I’m Just a Small Business” Trick
– A local grocery store claims $200K in monthly revenue but can’t explain where the cash comes from. (Spoiler: It’s not from selling bananas.)
3️⃣ The “Shell Game”
– A company with no website, no office, and no employees is wiring money across 5 countries. Red flag? More like a red flare.
### Why Red Flags Get Ignored
✔️ “It’s Not My Job” Syndrome – Frontline staff see something odd but don’t report it
✔️ Volume Over Vigilance – Banks prioritize fast transactions over careful checks
✔️ The “Plausible” Lie – Criminals invent backstories that sound just believable enough
### How to Spot Red Flags Before It’s Too Late
🔍 #InclusiveRegtech – AI that learns from past crimes to flag new patterns
🤝 #OpenSourceAML – Shared intelligence so one bank’s red flag becomes everyone’s lesson
💡 Culture Over Compliance – Training teams to trust their gut (because criminals hate attention)
Remember: Every major financial crime was once just a small red flag someone ignored.
📖 Learn More: [ACAMS Glossary – Red Flags](https://www.acams.org/en/resources/aml-glossary-of-terms)
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