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International Women’s Day 2025

March 10, 2025March 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today marks this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 with the publication of several interviews with women who are at the forefront in the battle against financial crime. These insightful conversations cover topics ranging from career experiences to their thoughts on the...

Melissa Strait: A Fintech Trailblazer

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

Dr. Kari Johnstone and Tarana Baghirova: Understanding the Evolving Landscape of Human Trafficking

January 29, 2025January 30, 2025 /1 Comment

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 /Leave a comment

Offshore trusts and feeder funds remain highly effective instruments utilized by illicit actors aiming to introduce compromised funds into the U.S. financial system. While standard compliance frameworks commonly address clear-cut transactions and overt indicators, the intricate connections between privacy-focused jurisdictions, complex trust formations and intermediary...

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

May 6, 2025May 21, 2025 /Leave a comment

Financial Crime: Emerging Threats and Game-Changing Technology

April 2, 2025 /Leave a comment

Laura Ferris on Sanctions, Corruption and Illegal Logging

May 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

On the margins of the ACAMS Hollywood Assembly, Justine sat down with Laura Ferris, The Sentry, to discuss illicit financial flows linked to environmental crime. Their discussion includes assessing the distinct overlap between environmental crime, sanctions and corruption as well as a spotlight on the...

Countering Violent Extremist Groups, with Hans-Jakob Schindler

May 16, 2025 /Leave a comment

Kimberly Donovan on Geopolitics and the Emerging Axis of Evasion

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 /Leave a comment

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 /Leave a comment

In May 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a decisive step in the global fight against cyber-enabled financial crimes. In a historic Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FinCEN identified Cambodia-based Huione Group as a financial institution (FI) of primary money laundering concern under...

Turkey’s Approach to VASPs

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 /Leave a comment

Instant Payments: A Sanctions Revolution or Burden

March 19, 2025March 21, 2025 /Leave a comment

Steve Gurdak, CAMS—Virginia, USA

March 19, 2025March 26, 2025 /Leave a comment

Steve Gurdak serves as the group manager for the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area’s Northern Virginia Financial Initiative (NVFI). The NVFI was created to be a model for suspicious activity report (SAR) review teams. Gurdak has been dubbed “the godfather of SAR review teams”...

Dustin Eaton, CAMS-RM, CGSS, CAFS—Utah, USA

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

Nathalie Bosse, CAMS, CGSS—Paris, France

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS South Florida Chapter: Second Annual Awards Ceremony

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

On January 23, 2025, the ACAMS South Florida Chapter held its Second Annual Awards Ceremony and honored local colleagues for making significant contributions to the anti-financial crime (AFC) community. Industry leaders, compliance experts and law enforcement (LE) officials gathered in Ocean Bank’s beautiful Miami offices...