Ask the AFC Guru: Lindsay Lindmier

This month’s anti-financial crime (AFC) guru, Lindsay Lindmier, CAMS, CAFP, is the director of Financial Crimes and Bank Secrecy Act/Office of Foreign Assets Control (BSA/OFAC) officer at Security National Bank in Omaha, Nebraska. Security National Bank, which is a privately owned bank with an asset...
Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals Trafficking

In May 2023, blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency monitoring firms Elliptic and Chainalysis both released new findings that offer a glimpse into the role of cryptocurrency in the global fentanyl trade, specifically, the wholesale supply of precursor chemicals to fentanyl producers around the world. Both Elliptic...
Four Questions: Recent Developments Having an Impact on APAC

As the current regional anti-money laundering (AML) director-APAC at ACAMS, Caryn Leong serves as the lead English-speaking subject-matter expert (SME) practitioner in AML and financial crime compliance across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. She manages a small team of experts and engages in government, regulatory and...