Regulatory and Enforcement Trends for AML and Sanctions

DCW Recap of Arnold & Porter Webinar

From primarily a US perspective, legal professionals from Arnold & Porter and a guest speaker shared insights on the 2025 outlook for anti-money laundering and sanctions in a two-hour webinar conducted 23 January 2025.

Coming off a year of record fines assessed from enforcement efforts in the US, standards and expectations for financial institutions (FIs) have been elevated. In opening remarks, the observation was advanced that, even with a new President Trump Administration in place, compliance is a bipartisan issue so AML and sanctions are here to stay. The government is getting “quite good” at these investigations which has contributed to a critical and tense environment.