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Eurasia Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September – November 2023

ACAMS Eurasia Chapter: Hosting the Inaugural AFC & Sanctions Forum

September 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

The inaugural AFC & Sanctions Forum in the Eurasia region took place on June 22, 2023, in Tbilisi, Georgia, organized by the ACAMS Eurasia Chapter in partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Financial Services, Collections and Businesses. Some of the hot topics explored through informative sessions...

Germany Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September – November 2023

ACAMS Germany Chapter: 2022 In Review

September 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

In 2022, the ACAMS Germany Chapter hosted four online and two live events on a range of topics, including regulatory developments and new approaches to mitigating financial crime more effectively using an intelligence-led approach. Given the major regulatory developments in the crypto space, our first...

Know Your Chapter, Netherlands Chapter, September – November 2023

ACAMS Netherlands Chapter: Evolution in AML Through Connections

September 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

Evelyn Bell, Alexander Verhoeven and Yuri Broodman were active board members of the ACAMS Netherlands Chapter in 2022. They met after an ACAMS Netherlands Chapter event and reflected on their compliance careers as well as their involvement with ACAMS. Since April 2023, Broodman moved to...

ACAMS Today Español, Interviews, September – November 2023

Banreservas: Anti-corruption Approach

September 13, 2023October 23, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Español Digital met with Heiromy Castro Milanés, general director of Compliance, and Marbel Guilamo Peña, Ethical Compliance, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption division manager at Banco de Reservas (Banreservas), to discuss the recent recognition awarded to their institution for their compliance policies and processes to...

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Interviews, September – November 2023

Jack Thompson: Holistically Fighting Financial Crime

September 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

A CAMS Today caught up with Jack Thompson, head of the U.S. Financial Services Business Unit at SAS. Thompson leads the charge in delivering cutting-edge analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to clients in banking, insurance and fintech. With a proven track record of success,...

Interviews, September – November 2023

Honorable Rodney Hood: NCUA’s Journey of Compliance, Community and Adaptability

September 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

The Honorable Rodney E. Hood talked to ACAMS Today about his career, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the financial crime trends that affect credit unions and more. President Donald J. Trump nominated Rodney Hood for the NCUA Board on January 19, 2019. The U.S....

Interviews, September – November 2023

Jennifer Shasky Calvery: Achieving Global Effectiveness

September 13, 2023April 10, 2024 /Leave a comment

Jennifer Shasky Calvery is the global head of Financial Crime at HSBC and is an experienced global executive with a demonstrated history of achievement in the legal profession, as a regulator and as a compliance professional in financial services, advocating as well as delivering greater...

ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

Cleaning Up Dirty Money in the Art Trade

September 13, 2023February 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

The art market’s vulnerabilities to financial crime have recently become a growing concern in the U.S., Europe and the U.K. Increasingly, authorities have turned their attention to art market transactions, acknowledging that—like other high-end assets—the art trade is ripe for money laundering.1 Scrutiny has been...

ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Exclusive, Global Financial Crime Review

Human Trafficking in Times of Conflict

September 13, 2023September 27, 2023 /Leave a comment

The trafficking of human beings increases dramatically in times of conflict, and the combination of conflict and migration leaves a significant number of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children at high risk of institution-related trafficking, as well as various forms of abuse and exploitation. Orphanage trafficking...

ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Europe Express, Featured Chapter, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

Germany’s New AML Authority and Its Uphill Battle

September 13, 2023September 27, 2023 /Leave a comment

When Lisa Paus, a financial expert in Germany’s Green Party, tried to identify the owners of the Kundamm-Karee ‘Fürst’ project, she hit a wall. The approximately 635,071-square-foot urban area that would house office spaces, retail stores and art galleries at Kurfürstendamm, one of Berlin’s most...