June - August 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 3

Career Guidance, June - August 2018

A Great Gangster Story with a Lesson on Leadership

June 26, 2018September 6, 2019 /Leave a comment

Good stories usually have five key elements: a likable protagonist that selflessly rises to the occasion; a malevolent antagonist seeking to oppress others; an impactful event that sets the characters in motion; a conflict that creates seemingly insurmountable challenges; and a climactic resolution so...

June - August 2018, Member Spotlight

Elisa Castrolugo—Houston, TX, USA

June 26, 2018July 18, 2018 /Leave a comment

Elisa Castrolugo, a former federal criminal prosecutor and immigration judge, is an international legal consultant in the areas of anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), anti-bribery, anti-corruption, compliance, international cooperation and EU data privacy law. Castrolugo joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2005...

Compliance, June - August 2018

A Post-Task Force Paradigm: The Community of Interest

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 /Leave a comment

“It may be that, in the strategic context of a particular jurisdiction, more than one model can be adopted to deal with different issues or geographic levels of information sharing, rather than having an overarching national [Financial Information Sharing Partnership].”1 A complex criminal ecosystem...

Europe, European Connect, June - August 2018

European Connect: June–August 2018

June 26, 2018October 19, 2018 /Leave a comment

During July and August, many of you will be taking two or three weeks away from the office to relax, recharge and reconnect with friends and family. I will certainly be doing that this year and I am keeping my fingers crossed for a...

AFC Challenges, June - August 2018

Organ Trafficking: The Unseen Form of Human Trafficking

June 26, 2018July 31, 2018 /Leave a comment

Organ trafficking, a lucrative global illicit trade, is often a lesser discussed form of human trafficking among anti-human trafficking stakeholders due to its intricate and often stealth nature. Trafficking sex and/or labor are the more commonly thought of forms of human trafficking among public policy...

Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, June - August 2018

Hard Times for Whistleblowers

June 26, 2018August 1, 2018 /Leave a comment

In 2015, ACAMS’ European account manager David Sanchez Lopez, based in France, met Stéphanie Gibaud at an ACAMS networking event in London, U.K. The ACAMS France Chapter is always keen to invite personalities who play a major role in any area linked to compliance matters...

Compliance, June - August 2018

Border Less

June 26, 2018July 5, 2018 /Leave a comment

This past February, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report entitled “Bank Secrecy Act: Derisking along the Southwest Border Highlights Need for Regulators to Enhance Retrospective Reviews.”1 This report, which incorporates feedback from the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB), Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit...

June - August 2018, Know Your Chapter, Northern New Jersey Chapter

SAR Narratives: Law Enforcement Expectations

June 26, 2018June 27, 2018 /Leave a comment

The Northern New Jersey (NJ) Chapter hosted an event on March 29, 2018, titled SAR Narratives: Law Enforcement Expectations. The NJ Chapter coordinated this event to get a better understanding of what law enforcement would like to see in suspicious activity reports (SARs) to...

June - August 2018, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Denise Nova: Event Planning and Technology

June 26, 2018July 14, 2020 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today chatted with Denise Nova, ACAMS’ event logistics supervisor, about planning ACAMS conferences and her favorite event. Nova was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She initially studied human resources administration, but decided to take a different career route. She worked in different industries...

Career Guidance, June - August 2018

Life-Changing Suits: Befitting Occupations

June 26, 2018June 24, 2019 /Leave a comment

From belt keepers to gatekeepers, the transition from the public to the private sector may seem like a natural fit. However, how does law enforcement experience measure up when compared to the fierce competition in the anti-money laundering (AML) industry? Are the knowledge, skills and...

ACAMS Today

The Magazine for Career-Minded Professionals in the Anti-Financial Crime Field

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

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

June – August 2018