A worldwide pandemic has not slowed regulators in finding and punishing violations of existing anti-money laundering (AML) laws, according to a new study by compliance risk and investigations vendor Kroll.

The firm’s Global Enforcement Review 2021 found that while regulators issued the same number of AML enforcement actions (45) in 2020 as they did in 2019, the value of those actions skyrocketed.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...