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Emerging Financial Crime Threats for 2019

Nuevas Amenazas de Delitos Financieros Para 2019

February 6, 2019March 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

El primer cuarto del siglo XXI se está cerrando—pero para los ladrones financieros, algunas cosas nunca cambian. El robo de bancos, el lavado de dinero e incluso el hurto de carteras1 son tan populares como siempre y muchas de las estafas antiguas se han hecho...

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Interviews

Days of Freedom for the Female Artisan

January 14, 2019 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Dr. Katherine Jeffery, chief marketing officer and co-founder of MADE BY FREE WOMEN, to talk about her low-profit social enterprise and how their work is allowing female artisans in India to find days of freedom. Jeffery is committed to helping...

Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Tanya Montoya: ACAMS’ Fight Against Human Trafficking

January 11, 2019October 20, 2022 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Tanya Montoya, senior product development manager at ACAMS, to discuss ACAMS’ most recent initiatives and upcoming anti-human trafficking events in 2019. As senior product development manager for ACAMS, Montoya is responsible for the management and strategic oversight of ACAMS Risk...

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It is Time to Arm Financial Institutions with Weapons to Fight Human Trafficking

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 /Leave a comment

Today's technology enables people to do more in one second than most could have ever imagined. With the click of a button, money can be transferred, users can search billions of websites, and messages can be sent instantaneously around the world. Access to knowledge, people...

Know Your Chapter, Northern Ohio Chapter

Murphy’s Law

January 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

On December 6, 2018, the Northern Ohio ACAMS Chapter held its 14th event of 2018 on banking marijuana. Medical marijuana was recently legalized in Ohio—effective January 1, 2019. The event had a large pre-registration response (over 100) and all things were looking good. Then,...

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Expertos en ALD Celebran el Año Nuevo

January 8, 2019February 3, 2023 /Leave a comment

¡Feliz Año Nuevo de parte de ACAMS Today ! ACAMS Today hizo la siguiente pregunta a unos cuantos expertos en antilavado de dinero (ALD): De un profesional de ALD a otro, ¿cómo se establece una base sólida para lograr sus metas en el 2019? Esto dijeron:...

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Awards, December 2018 - February 2019, Interviews

Straight Off the Awards’ Floor

December 20, 2018July 14, 2020 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Article of the Year Award James P. Cummings, Jr. James Paul Cummings is currently the compliance specialist at Hamby & Hengeli LLC. Prior to joining Hamby & Hengeli LLC, Cummings was a senior special agent with the U.S. Department of Treasury and...

Tráfico Ilícito de Fauna Silvestre: Un Desafío Urgente Para los Profesionales de ALD

AFC Challenges, December 2018 - February 2019

Wildlife Trafficking: The Urgent Challenge for AML Professionals

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 /5 Comments

The pangolin—a creature found largely in Africa—is the most trafficked mammal in the world. This creature looks prehistoric, weighing anywhere from 2-33 kilograms and measuring 30-152 centimeters. It is estimated over 2.7 million pangolins are harvested and trafficked every year. It is believed in some...

Career Guidance, December 2018 - February 2019

When is the best time to apply for an AML/financial crime prevention job?

December 20, 2018March 6, 2019 /2 Comments

Recruiters regularly have conversations with contacts and candidates about how timing affects their job prospects. The expression timing is everything is a cliché for a reason: it is true. However, we have learned from experience that the month of the year, current and imminent holidays,...

Compliance, December 2018 - February 2019

AML Update: What Has Changed and What Has Stayed the Same

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

There has been something different about money laundering compliance news in 2018. For the first time in many years, the major headlines have not been about compliance lapses of U.S.-based financial institutions. That is not to say there have been no new money laundering...

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