Editorial Calendar

2020-2021 ACAMS Today  Editorial Calendar*

December 2019-February 2020

Ad close date: 10/18
Article close date: 10/11

  • Bribery and Corruption—Global Risks
  • Financial Crime Challenges Facing Europe in 2020
  • 2019—Year in Review
  • Emerging Financial Crime Threats for 2020
  • Review of Asia’s Financial Crime Prevention Efforts
  • AML Success Stories in 2018
  • Best Practices/Best Advice From ACAMS Members
  • Update on Asia’s Cryptocurrency Efforts
  • Integrating AML Programs in Small Businesses
  • Human Trafficking in the Digital Age: How to prepare the next generation?
  • Regional Focus: MENA
  • ACAMS Award Winners’ Interviews
  • Following the Illicit Funds Derived from Synthetic Drugs

March-May 2020

Ad close date: 1/17
Article close date: 1/10
Bonus Distribution: ACAMS moneylaundering.com 25th Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference-Hollywood, Florida; ACAMS 12th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference- Asia Pacific; ACAMS 17th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference—Europe; 7° Conferencia Anual de las Americas sobre Gestión de Riesgo ALD

  • Risks and Similarities of Banking Hemp versus Marijuana
  • Sanctions Compliance for Health and Travel Insurance
  • Digital Smurfs
  • Professional Money Launderers
  • Labor Trafficking in the Fishing Industry
  • Reinventing Internal Audit
  • Adding More Value to AML Programs
  • Using Digital Identity to Your FI’s Advantage
  • One Year Later: College Admissions Bribery Scandal
  • Digital-First Banking
  • Fintech Solutions for Banking the Underbanked
  • Crowdfunding Platform Scams

June-August 2020 (Tenth Law Enforcement Edition)

Ad close date: 4/17
Article close date: 4/10
Bonus Distribution: 14a Conferencia Anual Latinoamericana sobre ALD y Delitos Financieros

  • Best of the AT Law Enforcement Edition
  • Celebrating 10 Years of Great Partnerships
  • How to Neutralize the Opioid Epidemic
  • Banking NPOs, Charities and Sanctions Issues
  • Investigation Exclusive: Lessons Learned From a Current LE Case
  • Insights Into New York’s Cryptocurrency Task Force
  • Law Enforcement on SARs
  • Optimizing New Tools to Combat TBML
  • Sharing Financial Intelligence to Reduce Organized Crime
  • How to Address Bitcoin ATMs
  • The Effects of Technology on Investigations
  • What You Need to Know About Know Your Data
  • Achieving Positive Outcomes From Consent Order Recovery

September-November 2020 (Annual Conference Edition)

Ad close date: 7/17
Article close date: 7/10
Bonus Distribution: ACAMS 19th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference – Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Cyberlaundering via Uber, Airbnb and Amazon
  • Fraud in the Birth Tourism Industry
  • Tomb Raiders in China
  • Keeping Up With Gaming Industry Challenges
  • New Drug Trafficking Typologies
  • Person-to-Person Payments: Venmo, Square, Zell and PayPal
  • Getting Fintech Oversight Right
  • Cybercrime Case Studies
  • Remote Gaming Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing Risks
  • Fraud and Cryptocurrency Exchanges
  • How to Help Human Trafficking Survivors
  • Money Laundering Life Insurance

December 2020-February 2021

Ad close date: 10/16
Article close date: 10/9

  • Airlines and Anti-Fraud Data
  • Cybercrime Sanctions Regimes
  • 2020—Year in Review
  • Emerging Financial Crime Threats for 2021
  • Bolstering Your AML Case Management Systems
  • Regtech and its Effects on Compliance
  • Balancing Financial Inclusion and Risk Management
  • Cryptocurrency: Where are we now?
  • Blockchain Usage and Opportunities for Financial Crime Prevention
  • 2020 ACAMS Award Winners’ Interviews

*Editorial calendar subject to change without notice.

**Recurring columns include the Acceso LatAm; Career Guidance; Community Banking Corner; Europe Express; Terrorist Financing; and the Understanding AI column. If you would like to be a guest contributor to one of these columns, please email editor@acams.org.

**Regular sections include Know Your Chapter; Aspects of APAC; European Connect; MENA Report, Member Spotlights; Meet the ACAMS Staff.