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ACAMS: Preventing Terrorist Financing via Art, Antiquities & Oil

Terrorists can finance their operations in any number of ways — drug trafficking, smuggling (oil, pharmaceuticals, antiquities), counterfeiting, fraud, theft, kidnapping, and extortion. They’re also…

Tad Simons March 05, 2020

2019 Trends in Fighting Financial Crime: Thomson Reuters/ACAMS Survey Results

LAS VEGAS — Wondering what your colleagues in the financial sector are doing to battle financial crimes? Are they using artificial intelligence to spot bad actors?…

Gina Jurva October 16, 2019

ACAMS 2019: Amid International Push to Regulate Cryptocurrencies, Banks Try to Keep the Gates Closed

LAS VEGAS — As a nascent international anti-money laundering (AML) push to ensure global regulation of cryptocurrencies advances, most banks continue to take steps to…

Brett Wolf October 01, 2019

ACAMS Conference 2019: Regulators’ Panel Sees Banks’ Anti-Money Laundering Weak Points

LAS VEGAS — When a bank is negotiating the remediation of anti-money laundering compliance weaknesses, it should ensure that it can complete required improvements within…

Brett Wolf September 26, 2019

In the Quest for the Perfect SAR, Balance May be Better

Anti-money laundering (AML) practitioners can barely go a week without receiving an invitation to a presentation promising how to create the “perfect” Suspicious Activity Report…

Michael Schidlow September 20, 2019

Casinos: Keeping In Line With Title 31 (Part 1)

In a new two-part blog series, we examine how casinos are on the front lines of money laundering investigations amid rising government enforcement actions. Will…

Legal Executive Institute August 06, 2019

7 Questions about Threat Organizations, Fraud & Money Laundering

The odd thing about money laundering is that it requires that you have money in the first place. Often, these laundered funds come from illicit…

Gina Jurva May 09, 2019

Having a Seat at the Table: An All-Female Panel at ACAMS Speaks Up

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — At the recent annual Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) conference, I had the great pleasure of moderating an unprecedented all-women…

Julie DiMauro May 07, 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

On the Ground at ACAMS in Las Vegas: The CDD Rule, So Far

LAS VEGAS — It has been almost six months since the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) implemented the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rule. So, what…

Gina Jurva October 05, 2018