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Growing cannabis in the Netherlands is illegal, yet over 500 coffee shops can legally sell the drug throughout the country. This bizarre duality, also known as gedoogbeleid, or tolerance policy, criminalizes the growing and sourcing of cannabis while authorities turn a blind eye to its...
In the latest episode of the “Sanctions Space” podcast, Justine Walker is joined by Edmund Fitton-Brown, senior advisor at the Counter Extremism Project and former U.K. ambassador to Yemen. They discuss the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea, the political situation in Yemen and the...
The year 2023 began in the wake of the collapse of FTX. Almost miraculously, however, 12 months later, the criminal case has been resolved with a conviction against former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and countries around the globe are shaking off fear, uncertainty and doubt to...
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with ACAMS colleagues Justine Walker, head of global sanctions and AML risk and Craig Timm, senior AML director. They discuss the newly released “ACAMS Global AFC Threats 2024.” Drawing on 788 in-depth interactions with anti-financial...
Correspondent banking has long been the backbone of the global financial system, facilitating cross-border payments, enabling international trade and promoting global financial stability. It involves a financial institution (FI), (the correspondent), providing a deposit account or other services to another bank, (the respondent).1 Anti-money laundering...
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Grant Rabenn, director, Financial Crimes Legal at Coinbase. Rabenn, a former federal prosecutor who handled some of the Department of Justice’s earliest crypto cases, discusses the promise of blockchain offerings, while acknowledging the industry’s...
Our colleagues in the anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, regulatory and risk space work in a number of areas, including traditional finance, financial technology (fintech), the crypto and payments space as well as sports betting and gaming companies. One question that has been difficult to answer...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened the gates to a new horrific era in which perpetrators of crimes against children can generate ultrarealistic AI child sexual abuse material (CSAM) at the click of a button. AI-generated CSAM falls within the category of computer/digitally generated CSAM, which...
Speaking with ACAMS Today is Erin West, deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, California’s Regional Enforcement Allied Computer Team, known as REACT. She focuses on high-tech crimes. In addition, West leads the Crypto Coalition, a group of nearly 1,400 local, state, federal and international...
In the latest episode of the “Sanctions Space” podcast, Justine Walker is joined by Peter Harrell, nonresident fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and attorney. They discuss recent and anticipated Russia sanctions developments (including EO 14114, increasing focus on third countries, and price cap...
