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As I write this, we are one day removed from the 15th Anniversary of September 11, 2001. It would be presumptuous of me to think I can articulate what that horrific day should still mean to many of us, but I can opine on the...
While we will be announcing the various winners to a number of ACAMS awards prior to the 15th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference in Las Vegas, I thought it important that the members recognize everyone who has produced success in our ongoing challenges. Take...
As the working world slows down (a bit) during August, we should not lose sight of all that remains for the anti-money laundering (AML) profession during the remainder of 2016 and beyond. We have witnessed massive corruption around the globe with countries and organizations such...
Frequent visitors to our website, attendees at our conferences and seminars, and listeners to our webinars, all know that ACAMS is constantly seeking insight, input and recommendations. ACAMS is in the process of improving our evaluation processes, but before that is completed, we ask all...
It is hard to believe, but it has been close to 30 years since the passage of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986—a law that created the anti-money laundering (AML) infrastructure in the U.S. we know today. With all of the continuing challenges facing...
Every so often I like to remind our members to please take advantage of our ability to connect the ACAMS community through the forums we offer and the polling questions that give all of us a current view into issues, themes and challenges. For the...
As anti-money laundering professionals, we are active members of the global society. What we do in sanctions, the countering of terrorist financing, detecting human trafficking and many other areas that touch financial crime, does make a difference and we should be proud of that fact....
Coming on the heels of the European conference, most of the ACAMS Advisory Board joined Kieran Beer and me last week for a “Stakeholder Dialogue on De-risking” with the World Bank Group in Washington D.C. This two-day event was off-the-record under what is known as...
As the second day of our European Conference begins, I remain heartened by the ongoing commitment of anti-money laundering (AML) professionals to aggressively address the wide array of financial crime activities that challenge all of us. Whether it is human trafficking, terrorist financing or cybercrime...
We now know that the U.S. Treasury Department has issued the long-awaited Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Final Rule. Our members can find the regulation on our discussion forum and in MLDC.com, and ACAMS will be offering a free webinar on May 13. ACAMS is honored...