Innovative Action Against Financial Crime

Straife helps governments and agencies address non-compliance and build financial crime programs that hold up over time.

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Straife provides comprehensive forensic accounting, fraud investigation, valuation, and expert witness services that deliver financial transparency.

Our subject-matter experts work closely with key stakeholders to address weaknesses and enhance compliance across a range of Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and Anti-Corruption global requirements and best practices, including Financial Action Task Force compliance (FATF).

Financial crime industry and regulatory leadership

Our global regulatory network of experts connects jurisdictions around the world and provides insights to many financial institutions and regulators.

Enhanced transparency and governance

A robust operating model and detailed, actionable reporting enable agencies to better understand increasingly complex compliance requirements.

Technology-enabled innovation

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HOW IT WORKS

Pragmatic and objective independent analysis

We have a depth of sector-specific knowledge across a wide range of industries, having spent extensive amounts of time in the field gathering information first-hand and examining the environment and contextual setting of each engagement.

Our professionals possess the certifications and real-world expertise that provide the ability to examine each assignment from a unique perspective.

FINANCIAL CRIME SOLUTIONS

Combatting financial crime

Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorist Financing

We provide governments with practical AML and anti-terrorist financing advice and assistance across their full enterprise — from policy design to implementation.

Sanctions & Compliance

Straife helps governments implement new compliance processes and controls with access to leading expertise, best-practice workflows, and advanced technology.

Fraud & Identity Theft

Our team provides targeted support to protect organizations and their stakeholders from fraud — identifying vulnerabilities and building defenses that hold.

Regulatory Response & Remediation Services

We guide organizations through preparation for and response to regulatory examinations, helping them manage the unexpected with confidence.

Market Manipulation & Insider Trading

Straife assists agencies on market abuse matters — providing expert advice, conducting investigations, and serving as expert witness when needed.

Risk Assessments

We use proven methods to help organizations assess their financial crime risks, identify gaps, and implement controls that improve both effectiveness and efficiency.

Asset Tracing & Recovery Support

Our financial investigators and forensic accountants specialize in locating hidden, stolen, and embezzled assets — recovering proceeds on behalf of victims and supporting anti-corruption mandates.

Forensic Investigations

Straife investigates suspected internal fraud, corruption, and misconduct quickly, thoroughly, and with the discretion these matters demand.

Training & Development

Our train-the-trainer model gives organizations the internal capacity to prevent and detect financial crime — and to sustain that capability over time.

AI Advisory

AI-Enhanced Financial Crimes & Anticorruption

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AI-Driven Transaction Monitoring — Advanced analytics to detect suspicious transaction patterns at scale across financial institutions.

Beneficial Ownership & Network Analysis — Graph-based AI tools that map complex ownership structures and expose hidden relationships.

Latest Insights

Learn about significant trends, explore proprietary data, and read expert analysis on the global outlook.

More insights

Sham Transactions and the New OFAC Playbook: What Companies Need to Know

OFAC's March 2026 advisory targets sham transactions designed to disguise sanctioned persons' continuing interest in assets.

Diverging Sanctions Regimes: Navigating the U.S.–EU–UK Compliance Gap on Russia

U.S., EU, and UK sanctions on Russia are increasingly diverging in scope, enforcement, and exemptions.

The Shadow Fleet Problem: How Maritime Sanctions Evasion Creates Compliance Risk on Land

An aging fleet of tankers is moving sanctioned oil using spoofed tracking data, flag-switching, and layered shell companies.