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Captagon: A Dangerous Pill to Swallow

Captagon: A Dangerous Pill to Swallow

Casinos: Responding to New and Evolving Money Laundering Risks

Casinos: Responding to New and Evolving Money Laundering Risks

The Importance of Collaboration in CSE Investigation

Financial information sharing partnership in Mexico

Financial Information Sharing Partnership in Mexico

Deterring Financial Crimes While Respecting Data Sovereignty

Deterring Financial Crimes While Respecting Data Sovereignty

Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Enhancing Financial Crime Compliance

Exploring the Role of Generative AI in Enhancing Financial Crime Compliance

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EU-wide rules for crypto assets
ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Regulatory Initiatives

EU-wide Rules for Crypto Assets

June 6, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
Crypto assets have given private individuals and groups the ability to access and provide a range of alternative financial services, which fall outside the scope of traditional banking, investments and payment services’ monopolies. In most jurisdictions, crypto assets can be used for speculative trading, payments...
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Crypto Kaleidoscope
Compliance, Fraud Alert, June – August 2023

Crypto Kaleidoscope

June 8, 2023August 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series by the author on cryptocurrency and fraud. Many people are both compelled and confused by crypto. This is understandable as it is difficult to aurally reconcile the cacophony from critics, the Muzak from adherents...
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Global Financial Crime Review, June – August 2023

Preventing Crypto-related Crime in Latin America

June 8, 2023June 12, 2023 /Leave a comment
In the Latin America region, efforts to combat financial crimes must consider contextual factors, such as poverty, financial education, internet access, corruption and impunity. For governments facing these contextual challenges, cryptocurrencies may add another layer of complexity, regardless of the regulatory approach in that country....
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Crypto Conspiracy
Compliance, Fraud Alert, World Digest

Crypto Conspiracy

June 30, 2023August 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
Editor’s note: This article is the second in a two-part series by the author on cryptocurrency and fraud. The first article, “Crypto Kaleidoscope,” is available on ACAMSToday.org. As every amateur guitar player comes to realize, volume and reverberation are allies when it comes to countering...
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Joby Carpenter
June - August 2022, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Joby Carpenter: Analyzing the Threats and Risks Associated with Crypto Assets

August 1, 2022 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Today interviewed Joby Carpenter, an ACAMS staff member and authority on crypto assets, illicit finance and emerging threats. Carpenter discussed a range of topics, including his background in the U.K. government, the challenges facing governments throughout the world regarding crypto assets regulation and the...
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Featured Column, Four Questions, Special for the Web

Four Questions: Making Sense of Recent Crypto-asset Developments

December 19, 2022February 9, 2023 /Leave a comment
The collapses of several crypto-assets businesses this year—FTX’s bankruptcy and ensuing scandal being the most recent—have sent the crypto industry into a tailspin. In this installment of our Four Questions column, Joby Carpenter—ACAMS’ global subject matter expert on crypto-assets and illicit finance—talks to ACAMS Today...
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Regulatory Ambiguity in India—Breeding Ground for Crypto Criminals
Aspects of APAC, March - May 2023

Regulatory Ambiguity in India—Breeding Ground for Crypto Criminals

March 10, 2023March 14, 2023 /Leave a comment
When Satoshi Nakamoto penned the original white paper introducing the world to bitcoin and blockchain technology, no one had ever imagined that virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies would bring a tsunami of changes in the world of digital technology and financial services. Since its first use...
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ACAMS Connection, Regulatory Initiatives, Special for the Web

Are Regulators Coming for Crypto?

June 14, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
The meteoric rise of cryptocurrency and its attendant community show no signs of slowing. Having started on the fringes of the financial sector, digital currencies are winning over hearts from Main Street to Wall Street. Crypto exchanges are seeing record growth as coins, both new...
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AML Controls for Crypto in Europe
ACAMS Connection, Europe Express, World Digest

AML Controls for Crypto in Europe

March 30, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment
There are specific rules in place to regulate and supervise credit institutions and payment service providers across Europe. Banks and other license holders are required to cooperate with their national supervisors, who coordinate their work through the network of national financial supervisors. The biggest European...
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Time to Come Together on Crypto Regulation
From the Director of Editorial Content, September - November 2022

Time to Come Together on Crypto Regulation

September 22, 2022 /Leave a comment
Despite the failures of several cryptocurrency exchanges last spring, including several platforms dedicated to creating or trading stablecoin, resistance to reasonable regulatory oversight remains strong. The push against regulation continues even as institutions and wealthy individuals have begun buying crypto and traditional financial institutions have...
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ACAMS Today is saddened to announce the passing of one of its devoted contributors and supporters, Deborah Hitzeroth, CAMS-FCI, who died peacefully in the company of her loved ones on Sunday, August 20, from complications due to breast cancer.

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