Alma Angotti

For decades, national defense was measured by military strength and geographic borders. Today, the battlefield has expanded into cyberspace, where financial institutions, critical infrastructure, and digital networks have become strategic targets. As cyber threats evolve, the financial services industry is no longer simply protecting customer assets; it is helping safeguard national security. From Article 5 […]

Introduction Modern warfare is no longer limited to traditional battlefields. In today’s interconnected digital economy, financial systems, digital assets, artificial intelligence (AI), and global trade networks have become powerful tools used by hostile states, terrorist organizations, and criminal enterprises. These evolving threats represent what many experts now describe as the Seventh Domain of Warfare: financial […]

Overview Financial crime has become a major national security threat, driven by globalization, technological change, and increasingly sophisticated criminal networks. Illicit finance—estimated at more than $3.1 trillion globally—enables transnational criminal organizations, terrorist groups, and hostile states to evade sanctions, fund weapons programs, and undermine traditional tools of economic statecraft. As a result, illicit finance is […]

Overview Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) have evolved from compliance obligations into critical national security imperatives. Illicit finance destabilizes economies, enables terrorism, empowers authoritarian regimes, and threatens global security. As financial crime grows more complex – fueled by transnational organized crime (TCOs), digital assets, and artificial intelligence (AI) – the […]