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Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Yaron Hazan: Putting a Dent in the Human Trafficking Trade

January 11, 2022March 2, 2022 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today chatted with Yaron Hazan for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Hazan has 20 years of diverse and broad experience in financial crimes investigations and vast experience in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF), with extensive knowledge in world class-standards across...

ACAMS Connection, Caribbean Catch-Up, World Digest

Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place

January 11, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

PwC published the first edition of its “PwC CBDC global index,”1 in which it analyzes the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world race to develop their own digital currency for retail and interbank CBDC. This report ranked the Bahamas...

ACAMS Connection, Back to the Basics, In Focus

SAR Foundations

January 10, 2022February 2, 2023 /1 Comment

From 1986 to 1996, U.S. financial institutions (FIs)1 subject to the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, better known as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), were required to file a Criminal Referral Form (CRF). Where and when applicable, depending on the requirements during...

ACAMS Connection, Community Banking Corner, Exclusive

Community Bank and Cryptocurrency Customers

January 10, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

Bitcoin hit an all-time high. Coinbase went public. Dogecoin has gone to the moon! These were just some of the cryptocurrency headlines flooding our news feeds earlier this year. According to Coinbase’s website, they have 73 million verified users in over 100 countries as of...

Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

Understanding the Rise of DeFi and “DeCrime,” With Tom Robinson

January 7, 2022January 21, 2022 /Leave a comment

In this episode, Kieran Beer talks with Dr. Tom Robinson, chief scientist and founder of Elliptic, a blockchain forensics company, about the phenomenal growth of decentralized finance, or DeFi. Offering the promise of a wide array of financial services on an inexpensive and inclusive basis,...

AFC Professional of the Month

Congratulations Motsisi Mongati, CAMS!

January 1, 2022December 1, 2022 /Leave a comment

January’s AFC Professional of the Month was awarded to Motsisi Mongati, CAMS, a seasoned lawyer with 17 years of experience. Mongati is currently a Ph.D. candidate in business management majoring in international finance at the Philippines Christian University. She holds a master's of financial management...

ACAMS Connection, moneylaundering.com

Acts, Action Plans and Penalties: AML in 2021

December 30, 2021January 3, 2023 /Leave a comment

If 2020 somehow failed to darken your doorstep, enter 2021, which began with a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and deadly winter storm in Texas; witnessed the Taliban’s return to power and democratic norms continue to fray across the world; and saw casualties mount...

ACAMS Conexión, Español

El mito de Al Capone y el lavado

December 17, 2021 /Leave a comment

El mito de que el famoso gángster Alphonse Gabriel Capone, también conocido como «Al Capone» y a veces apodado «Scarface», inventó el lavado de dinero en la década de 1920 se ha convertido en una parte importante de la tradición que rodea al señor de...

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ACAMS Conexión, Español, moneylaundering.com

Con los plazos del Congreso a la vista, FinCEN traza el camino para la base de datos de propietarios de empresas

December 17, 2021February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

Por: Valentina Pasquali Las autoridades estadounidenses publicaron su esperada hoja de ruta para crear una base de datos nacional de propietarios de empresas, tal y como exige la Ley de Transparencia Corporativa (CTA, por sus siglas en inglés), una legislación que se considera el conjunto...

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Interviews, Women in AFC

Katharina Weghmann: Try integrity—you’ll like it!

December 17, 2021January 17, 2023 /1 Comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Dr. Katharina Weghmann, a partner in the Forensic & Integrity Services practice and Head of Integrity and Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Forensics Lead at Ernst & Young GmbH (EY Germany). Weghmann and her interdisciplinary team consult clients on their...