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Ask the AFC Guru: Marbel Guilamo Peña—The Fight Against Corruption
ACAMS Connection, Ask the AFC Guru, Exclusive

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Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Marbel Guilamo Peña, who has 20 years of experience in banking, is the manager of the Ethical Compliance, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Division at Banco de Reservas (Banreservas). His work has contributed significantly to the areas of banking regulation, compliance operations, corporate...
Four Questions: Recent Developments Having an Impact on APAC
ACAMS Connection, Four Questions, Special for the Web

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As the current regional anti-money laundering (AML) director-APAC at ACAMS, Caryn Leong serves as the lead English-speaking subject-matter expert (SME) practitioner in AML and financial crime compliance across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. She manages a small team of experts and engages in government, regulatory and...
Public and Private Sectors Together in the Fight Against Financial Crime, With Kenneth A. Blanco
ACAMS Connection, Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

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In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Kenneth A. Blanco, chief compliance officer for the Financial Crimes Unit at Citigroup, who is also a former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director and before that held several senior roles within the U.S....
Captagon: A Dangerous Pill to Swallow
ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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In early September 2022, Syria’s Ministry of Interior released a video showing dozens of seized hummus bowls. A bowl is subsequently picked up and peeled with a knife, revealing that the bowls were concealing an illicit drug called Captagon. According to the Ministry, pills had...
ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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Child sexual exploitation (CSE), child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and child sex trafficking (CST) are serious crimes that adversely impact children being coerced or manipulated into engaging in sexual activity for financial gain. The ACAMS Today Back-to-the-Basics article, “Beyond The Headlines—A Real Look at Trends...