shane.hoffman@adtalem.com, Author at ACAMS Today

ACAMS Today Español 2022, Normativas Antilavado

República Dominicana: Avances en materia anticorrupción

June 16, 2022June 24, 2022 /Leave a comment

La corrupción se entiende como un fenómeno que vincula e involucra el abuso de poder para la obtención ilegítima de un beneficio de carácter privado, económico, entre otros.1 Lo que se traduce a una amenaza constante y para el detrimento de las instituciones democráticas que...

ACAMS Today Español 2022, Revisión global del crimen financiero

El Cartel de Cali: Imperio del narcotráfico

June 16, 2022June 20, 2022 /Leave a comment

En un día nublado del 14 de diciembre de 1994, una mensajera que trabajaba para el Cartel de Cali se presentó en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami sin nada que declarar en la aduana. Como sólo llevaba una cartera de arquitecto, los aduaneros la dejaron...

ACAMS Connection, Digital Dose, Sanctions Space

Professor Alexander Rodnyansky and Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi on Strengthening Russia Sanctions and Supporting Ukraine’s Reconstruction

June 16, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS was honoured to be joined at our Europe conference by two advisors of the Office of the President of Ukraine—Professor Alexander Rodnyansky and Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi. In the margins of the event, Rodnyansky and Kliuchkovskyi sat down with Justine Walker for this "Sanctions Space" podcast...

ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Europe, Global Financial Crime Review

Financial Risks Involving the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 /Leave a comment

The Taliban takeover of power in Afghanistan in August 2021 presents the international community, including the financial industry, with a range of complex challenges. Not only are key stakeholders of the Taliban regime sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and several governments, including...

ACAMS Connection, Caribbean Catch-Up, World Digest

Addressing Bribery and Corruption in Jamaica

June 6, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

Jamaica’s anti-corruption oversight body tabled its annual report in Parliament on July 6, 20211 but still managed to make several recommendations2 for bolstering its existing legislative framework.3 These included requiring members of Parliament and government officials who are required to declare financial assets as part...

Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

Working to Protect Refugees Fleeing Russia’s Ukraine Invasion, with Daniel Thelesklaf

June 3, 2022 /Leave a comment

In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Daniel Thelesklaf, Project Director for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, about the effort to protect refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from human trafficking....

ACAMS Connection, Back to the Basics, Exclusive

Understanding and Identifying Sex Trafficking

May 20, 2022February 21, 2023 /Leave a comment

This article is the second of a three-part series on human trafficking. As we learned in the article Understanding Human Trafficking, in the U.S., sex trafficking is defined as follows: Figure 1: Section 7102 (11) (A) of Title 22 U.S. Code “The recruitment, harboring, transportation,...

ACAMS Connection, Fraud, In Focus, Tech Scope

Preventing Digital Payment Systems Fraud

May 4, 2022April 26, 2024 /Leave a comment

Digital payment volumes have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic as more companies sell their products and services through digital channels. These payments have expanded to new areas, such as grocery deliveries, vacation rentals as well as automotive sales and repairs. In addition, more consumers...

ACAMS Connection, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Megan Lundstrom: Human Trafficking Survivor, Crusader and Game Changer

April 28, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Megan Lundstrom, an anti-human trafficking subject-matter expert and survivor, consultant, co-founder and CEO at The Avery Center (TAC). Lundstrom discussed what led to the formation of TAC, her personal human trafficking (HT) experience and...

Sanction on Russia: Pay Attention Now, Avoid Emerging Risk Later

ACAMS Conexión, Español

Sanciones a Rusia: Preste atención ahora, evite el riesgo emergente después

March 29, 2022 /Leave a comment

La invasión de Ucrania ha cambiado fundamentalmente el panorama del cumplimiento en todo el mundo. Los países se han unido para imponer sanciones y controles a la exportación. Las normativas están cambiando rápido y lo que está en juego es el cumplimiento de la normativa...

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