Implementando el Quinto Pilar de la BSA: El Rol de la Tercera Línea de Defensa
Después de permanecer en el limbo regulatorio durante los últimos cuatro años, la Red Contra los Delitos Financieros (FinCEN) publicó el nuevo dictamen final de debida diligencia del cliente (DDC) sobre beneficiarios últimos en 2016, creando el "quinto pilar" de la Ley de Secreto...
La Trata de Personas en Empresas de Masajes Ilegales: Hallazgos de Polaris
El mes de enero llegó a su fin, al igual que numerosas actividades a nivel nacional en reconocimiento del Mes de Prevención de la Esclavitud y la Trata de Personas en los EE.UU. Aunque esto, lamentablemente, no se traduce en el fin de la...
Implementing the Fifth Pillar of BSA: The Role of the Third Line of Defense
After lingering in regulatory limbo for the last four years, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published the new customer due diligence (CDD) beneficial ownership final ruling in 2016, creating the “fifth pillar” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).1 Regulators were always clear that formalizing...
Jodi Gissel: The Future of Financial Crime Prevention
In this segment of AML Now, John J. Byrne, CAMS, ACAMS advisory board member and president of Condor Consulting, LLC, spoke with Jodi Gissel, a graduate professor at Marquette University, about the Justice for Fraud Victims Project and what we can expect from the next...
Providing a Greater Awareness of Human Trafficking Through Education in Minneapolis
In lieu of Minneapolis hosting Super Bowl LII in February and considering the influx of human trafficking brought by a large sporting event, on January 11, the ACAMS Greater Twin Cities Chapter (GTCC) hosted a learning event to spread human...
Human Trafficking, Compliance and a 1980s-Inspired Sci-Fi Series: Fighting the Upside Down
When I left my position as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, I thought I was walking away from a position that allowed me to make a difference in the community. After all, if you are not directly involved in law enforcement and...