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From the Editor, March – May 2025

Future Gazing

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

Years ago, while living in Paris, France, I had the great fortune to meet a lovely elderly woman who had lived a full and amazing life. Another friend and I would visit her at her small apartment in the 11th arrondissement each week. Our routine...

International Women's Day, Women in AFC

Jinisha Bhatt: The Human Cost of Financial Crime

March 8, 2025March 6, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Jinisha Bhatt for International Women’s Day 2025. She is an anti-financial crime (AFC) investigator specializing in multi-jurisdictional cryptocurrency fraud, money laundering and human trafficking (HT) investigations. She is passionate about addressing the human cost of financial crime, believing that “most...

International Women's Day, Interviews, Women in AFC

Melissa Strait: A Fintech Trailblazer

March 7, 2025March 6, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke to Melissa Strait for International Women’s Day 2025. She is an expert in compliance in financial technology (fintech), having joined Coinbase as the chief compliance officer in February 2021. At Coinbase, she oversees the entirety of the firm’s compliance efforts, including anti-money laundering...

International Women's Day, Women in AFC

Jean Chung: Celebrating Women in AFC

March 6, 2025March 5, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Jean Chung, who is the chief compliance officer of Hong Kong and Greater China, North Asia, for Standard Chartered Bank. Chung also sits on the ACAMS Advisory Board. Prior to her current role, Chung was head financial crime compliance (FCC),...

World Digest

Chloe Hatten and Astrid Andersson: Mitigating Wildlife Crime

March 2, 2025February 28, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Dr. Chloe Hatten and Dr. Astrid Andersson, postdoctoral researchers at the University of Hong Kong, for World Wildlife Day 2025. Dr. Hatten is focusing on wildlife trade issues in Hong Kong from a conservation genetic and forensic research approach. She is...

December 2024 – February 2025, From the Editor

My Mother Has a Saying…

December 19, 2024 /Leave a comment

In reading the articles on offer in this edition, I began thinking about effective communication and what it really entails. An example from my childhood came to mind. One of the most effective communicators I know is my mother. For as long as I can...

Breaking Barriers in AFC: Recap of ACAMS Las Vegas The Assembly

Compliance, Exclusive, Fraud

Breaking Barriers in AFC: Recap of The Assembly Las Vegas

October 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS Assembly Las Vegas, held from September 23-25, 2024, at the Aria Resort and Casino, presented a variety of sessions addressing important anti-financial crime (AFC) topics such as cryptocurrency, compliance regulation, suspicious activity reports (SARs), artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI), the FTX...

Interviews, September – November 2024

Barbara Brick: Observe, Learn and Engage

September 5, 2024January 13, 2025 /Leave a comment

Barbara Brick is Ocean Bank’s executive vice president (EVP), director of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and compliance, heading all functions involved in compliance with the reporting of financial and policy regulations as well as the bank’s adherence to BSA, anti-money laundering (AML) and consumer compliance...

Interviews, September – November 2024

Neil Sternthal: Innovation, Collaboration and the Future of AFC

September 5, 2024January 13, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Neil Sternthal, CEO of ACAMS, about the rapidly evolving world of financial crime prevention and the strong leadership skills that are essential to navigate the complexities of compliance, as well as regulation and emerging threats. With a career spanning over two decades...

Interviews

Silvija Krupena: The Significance of Raising Awareness

July 30, 2024August 6, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Silvija Krupena about anti-human trafficking (HT) efforts in the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry to commemorate this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Krupena is a RedCompass Labs’ financial crime expert with over two decades of international working experience in the financial...

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Blind Spot in Global Financial Crime

Blockchain Forensics and Surviving Detention in Nigeria, With Tigran Gambaryan and Andy Greenberg

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

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