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ACAMS Today spoke with Matt Richardson about anti-human trafficking (HT) efforts and the future of HT, his participation in “Dark Highway” (an HT documentary that is being televised in Canada and the U.S.) and the different methods for maximizing online safety. Richardson is director of...
Editor’s note: This article is the first of a two-part series on human trafficking typologies and methodology. Human trafficking (HT) has been widely researched and discussed in different forums and from different perspectives. Most recently, ACAMS Today’s brilliant three-part series, “Understanding Human Trafficking,”1 clarified key...
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Jonathan Dupont, a financial intelligence investigator for Western Union, and Tiffany Polyak, anti-financial crime (AFC) associate at ACAMS, about the growth in online sexual exploitation of children and the related rise in child sexual...
After years of wrangling, the EU’s 27 nations finally binned an autonomous blacklist of jurisdictions Wednesday that present an elevated threat of financial crime, or at least did in the eyes of the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch. Click here to read the full...
I thought I had finished writing articles about the effects of the pandemic on work and the employment market. I discussed working from home, returning to the office, the growth of fintech and the renaissance of digital banking and how the new normal would look....
In January 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that the fastest-growing financial crime in the U.S. is synthetic identity fraud. Banks and financial institutions (FIs) lost $20 billion in 2020 as a result of synthetic identity fraud. This type of fraud occurs when criminals...
The Front Royal-Warren County area of Virginia is known for its rolling hills and quiet suburbs. Despite its proximity to Washington, D.C., Front Royal remains far removed from the hustle of a larger city. Its citizens are tight-knit and proud of their local community. Thus,...
In 2022, Warner Brothers released the movie Elvis, which explores the complex and sometimes contentious relationship between the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, and his longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Hollywood icon Tom Hanks. Through guile and charm, Parker convinces Presley to...
International trade and trade finance play prominent roles in the economic development of countries. While conventional trade acts as an engine for economic growth and development, sustainable international trade can tackle environmental challenges and prevent the exploitation of natural resources and their criminal use under...
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Bryan Smith, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cybercriminal Section and a 20-year bureau veteran, about the growing threat of cybercrime to both individuals and large corporations. Smith discusses the destruction caused...