ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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Child sexual exploitation (CSE), child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and child sex trafficking (CST) are serious crimes that adversely impact children being coerced or manipulated into engaging in sexual activity for financial gain. The ACAMS Today Back-to-the-Basics article, “Beyond The Headlines—A Real Look at Trends...
Better investigations through the five whys method
ACAMS Connection, Practical Solutions, September – November 2023

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Customer due diligence (CDD) is a compilation of various requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act like know your customer processes, identification and verification of the identities of beneficial owners for certain legal entities, understanding the purpose of accounts, risk rating at account opening and periodically...
Financial Crime Risk Management Lessons Custodians Can Learn From Traditional Correspondent Banking
ACAMS Connection, AFC Challenges, World Digest

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Custodians, which are financial institutions that provide the safekeeping and servicing of investor assets including stocks, bonds and other assets, are exposed to some serious money laundering and financial crime risks. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) unprecedented enforcement action against a trust and custody...
Sam Cousins
ACAMS Connection, Four Questions, Special for the Web

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Sam Cousins is a senior associate at ACAMS, where his work includes supporting public-private partnerships and strengthening ACAMS’ thought leadership pillar through the development of content on sanctions and risk, particularly the Sanctions Masterclass program and Global Monthly Update. Cousins’ work also focuses on countering...
Sanjeev Menon
ACAMS Connection, Ask the AFC Guru, Career Guidance, Exclusive, Fraud

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Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Sanjeev Menon, managing director of Madison Davis’s Legal and Compliance Practice Area, specializes in executive recruitment and provides staffing and workforce solutions to compliance and anti-financial crime (AFC) clients. Menon, who is an ASA Certified Staffing Professional and holds a Society...