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Sanctions Space Podcast Carole House on AI, Cyber and Sanctions

Carole House on AI, cybersecurity and sanctions

October 6, 2025 /Leave a comment

At the ACAMS Las Vegas Assembly, Justine Walker sat down with Carole House, senior distinguished fellow of ACAMS. Their discussion includes the AFC implications of generative artificial intelligence, including increasing sophistication of deepfakes and the resulting "authenticity crisis," how we can build resilience to the...

Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

Embarking on a new anti-financial crime era, with AUSTRAC’s Brendan Thomas

September 29, 2025 /Leave a comment

In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran Beer talks with AUSTRAC's CEO Brendan Thomas out his agency's efforts to implement a vast extension of Australia's anti-money laundering (AML) regime to about 80,000 new entities under legislation commonly referred to as T2. In service to...

Digital Dose, Sanctions Space

Alex Zerden on the Middle East, Crypto, Cartels and Changing U.S. Priorities

September 26, 2025September 29, 2025 /Leave a comment

At the ACAMS Las Vegas Assembly, Justine sat down with Alex Zerden of Capitol Peak Strategies. Their discussion covers a range of U.S. sanctions priorities, including significant actions undertaken on both drug cartels and Iran, easing measures on Syria and the implications of a U.S.-backed...

ACAMS Booth at the Assembly at Vegas 2025

AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, Compliance, Fraud

Leading AFC topics addressed at The Assembly Las Vegas

September 24, 2025 /Leave a comment

From September 16-18, ACAMS hosted its annual The Assembly Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino. This premiere anti-financial crime (AFC) event featured three days filled with keynotes, panel sessions and discussions of front-of-mind topics including AFC regulation, artificial intelligence (AI), elder financial abuse,...

Undersecretary John K. Hurley's Day 1 Keynote Presentation - The Assembly Las Vegas 2025

AFC Policy, Digital Dose

A Message to AFC Professionals from Undersecretary John K. Hurley

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 /Leave a comment

During his keynote presentation on the opening day of the Assembly Las Vegas, John K. Hurley, Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, discussed the Department of the Treasury’s new tone regarding suspicious activity reports and the Bank Secrecy Act. Click here to...

Know Your Chapter, Pittsburgh Chapter, September – November 2025

ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter: Amber Korowicki—Respect, honesty and passion

September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

Amber Korowicki, CAMS, a financial crimes senior consultant at Crowe with extensive experience in financial industry compliance, recently spoke with the ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter Board about her career and experiences in the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry. Korowicki’s background demonstrates a strong focus on anti-money laundering...

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September – November 2025

Clare Carr: Guiding ACAMS’ marketing strategy

September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Clare Carr, vice president of marketing, leading the global marketing team at ACAMS. Prior to ACAMS, Carr worked in marketing at early-stage start-ups, most recently as the vice president of marketing at Chief, a leadership network for executive women. Carr has...

Member Spotlight, September – November 2025

Jane Bell, CAMS, CGSS—North Carolina, USA

September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

Jane Bell joined SAS as an industry consultant in the Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions practice in 2023 after working in the banking industry for 20 years, including 15 years of direct experience in front-line anti-money laundering and fraud detection as a subject-matter expert in...

Member Spotlight, September – November 2025

Jinisha Bhatt, CAMS—Ontario, Canada

September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

Jinisha Bhatt is the founder of Canada Anti-Human Trafficking Consortium (CAHTC) and an anti-financial crime investigator positioned at the intersection of anti-money laundering and human trafficking (HT). She specializes in multijurisdictional fraud, money laundering and HT investigations in the credit union and financial technology sphere....

Member Spotlight, September – November 2025

Ilia Kolochenko, CAMS-FCI, CAMS-Audit, CAMS-RM—Genolier, Switzerland

September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

Dr. Ilia Kolochenko is a Swiss cybersecurity and cybercrime investigations expert and a lawyer specialized in data protection and privacy law. He currently serves as CEO at ImmuniWeb, a global cybersecurity and compliance company serving over 1,000 enterprise customers from more than 50 countries. Kolochenko...

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About aacuna@acams.org

Carole House on AI, cybersecurity and sanctions

Embarking on a new anti-financial crime era, with AUSTRAC’s Brendan Thomas

Alex Zerden on the Middle East, Crypto, Cartels and Changing U.S. Priorities

Leading AFC topics addressed at The Assembly Las Vegas

A Message to AFC Professionals from Undersecretary John K. Hurley

ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter: Amber Korowicki—Respect, honesty and passion

Clare Carr: Guiding ACAMS’ marketing strategy

Jane Bell, CAMS, CGSS—North Carolina, USA

Jinisha Bhatt, CAMS—Ontario, Canada

Ilia Kolochenko, CAMS-FCI, CAMS-Audit, CAMS-RM—Genolier, Switzerland