Financial Crime

Beyond Robert Kraft: Utilizing Public Records Data to Stop Sex Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses

By now you’ve likely heard about Robert Kraft, the 77-year-old billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, who allegedly paid for sex in late January at…

Gina (Scialabba) Jurva April 17, 2019

New Podcast: How Customer Risk Scoring Can Help Banks Protect Themselves Against Fraud

In a new podcast, we feature industry experts Amanda DuPont, an investigative research specialist and speaker with Thomson Reuters, and Catherine Banks, a compliance, risk,…

Legal Executive Institute April 09, 2019

Relief Not Arrests: Strengthening Laws for Survivors of Human Trafficking

Logically, survivors of human trafficking should not be punished for activities they were forced to commit by a trafficker. Yet it is common for survivors…

Legal Executive Institute April 03, 2019

Reducing Cyber-Attacks: Former FBI Deputy Director Describes How to Mitigate a Majority of Your Cyber-Risk

While the nightmares that keep company’s chief security officers up at night may be many, fears of cyberattacks and data security breaches are usually near…

Gina (Scialabba) Jurva March 29, 2019

From the Ranks of Law Enforcement to the World of Due Diligence and Private Investigations: What Do You Do When You Lose Your Investigative Superhero Powers?

I was retired only a short while when the phone rang. It was an old law enforcement buddy that had retired as well and was…

Ray Guidetti March 19, 2019

Digital Dark Side: CrimeTech Is Powering a Vast Network of Cyber-Criminal Enterprises

Criminals are recruiting expert tech talent to enlarge their enterprises and are using emerging technology tools — automation, machine learning, and cryptocurrencies — as part…

Rachel Wolcott March 18, 2019

Bridging the Gender Gap and Advocating for Advancement, Starting with Yourself

Although women comprise more than half the workforce in financial institutions, they continue to lag behind their male counterparts in leadership roles, sometimes considerably so.…

Julie DiMauro March 12, 2019

Fraud, Schemes & Evasion: The IRS-Criminal Investigations Division Answers Your Questions

You know whom you never want to see on the other end of your Ring doorbell camera? A Special Agent from the Internal Revenue Services’ Criminal…

Gina (Scialabba) Jurva March 11, 2019

10 Things Compliance Officers Need to Do in 2019

By many, 2018 was seen as the year that the job of compliance officers grew even wider. Now, not only are risk and compliance officers…

Susannah Hammond March 08, 2019

White Paper: Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?

A new white paper, Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?, demonstrates that people and technology must work together to prevent government fraud.…

Legal Executive Institute March 06, 2019

Financial Crime Set to Become a Pre-Election Battlefield in Australia

The fight against cross-border financial crime is shaping up to be a political minefield in Australia, as the major parties prepare their policy platforms for…

Nathan Lynch February 28, 2019

Volatility in Markets and Politics Roiling the Future of Financial Regulation, New Report Shows

A newly released annual report, State of Regulatory Reform 2019: The Future of Financial Regulation, published by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, covers the outlook for…

Legal Executive Institute February 26, 2019