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Angela Salter: The CAMS Evolution

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today recently sat down with Angela Salter, the chief product officer at ACAMS, to discuss the launch of the updated Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) program. Salter joined ACAMS in January 2015 with extensive experience in leadership, strategic business and international market development roles...

A new era in financial crime partnerships

AFC Challenges, Compliance, Practical Solutions

A new era in financial crime prevention partnerships

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

Financial crime transcends national borders, industries and financial institutions, which is why collaborative partnerships are essential to detect, deter and disrupt serious and organized crime. In the world of anti-money laundering (AML) regulation and financial intelligence, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), has...

Compliance, June – August 2025, Practical Solutions

Public-private partnerships in SAR optimization

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

This is the third article in a three-part series on suspicious activity report (SAR) innovation, optimization and partnership to foster efficiency and effectiveness in the fight against financial crime. The first article, published in two parts in the December 2024-February 2025 edition of ACAMS Today...

June – August 2025, Tech Scope

Meme coin mania and mayhem: Navigating the blind spots

June 11, 2025June 13, 2025 /Leave a comment

Sentiment-based virtual currencies, colloquially known as “meme coins,” are virtual currencies inspired by social and cultural trends. Once regarded as momentary internet comedy, meme coins attracted both retail and institutional investors and quickly captured a significant share of the cryptocurrency market. The meme coin market...

June – August 2025, Practical Solutions

Steps FIs can take to improve working with LE

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

The key to any good working relationship is communication and cooperation, especially when it comes to the relationship between law enforcement (LE) and financial institutions (FIs). In the constant pursuit of financial integrity, both sides need to work together in order to combat financial fraud,...

Fraud, June – August 2025

The money laundering bus driver

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

In November 2021, the U.S. Postal Service delivered a card to the district attorney in Pickens County, Alabama. The card did not contain a return address, and the author never left their name. The card claimed that a “million dollar plus scam” existed in the...

AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, June – August 2025

The three Cs of financial crime: Collusion, conspiracy, complicity

June 11, 2025June 13, 2025 /Leave a comment

Collusion, conspiracy and complicity are three words that are often used interchangeably to characterize dishonest and deceitful behavior perpetrated by individuals in relation to financial crime. There can be a fine line between understanding the difference between collusion and conspiracy. Collusion is best described as...

AFC Challenges, Global Financial Crime Review, In Focus

Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Blind Spot in Global Financial Crime

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 /Leave a comment

In the beginning of 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the first-ever U.S. sovereign wealth fund (SWF), marking a historic shift in the U.S. economic policy. Around the same time, Indonesia launched Danantara SWF, designed to attract investment in metal processing, artificial...

Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

Blockchain Forensics and Surviving Detention in Nigeria, With Tigran Gambaryan and Andy Greenberg

June 2, 2025 /Leave a comment

In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Andy Greenberg, senior writer at WIRED and author of the blockchain forensic thriller “Tracers In The Dark.” Halfway into their conversation, they are joined by Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance and...

AFC Challenges, Europe Express, Featured Column, Global Financial Crime Review

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

May 21, 2025 /Leave a comment

Rapid technological development, digital society, mass globalization, migration and political turbulence are confronting the fight against crime with new challenges. Despite small fluctuations depending on geographical area and crime types, traditional methods seem ineffective. Crime is increasing, becoming more transnational and organized. In addition, criminals...