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AFC Challenges, Fraud, June 2012 – August 2012

Fraud and Money Laundering: Can you think like a bad guy?

May 29, 2012April 26, 2024 /Leave a comment

When it comes to fraud and money laundering, can you think like a bad guy? The truth is, we all can. However, many of us do not realize this fact. More important, most of us possess a high level of personal integrity that precludes us...

June 2012 – August 2012, Training

Lessons Learned from Coutts’ £8.75 Million Fine for AML Control Failings

May 29, 2012March 6, 2015 /1 Comment

In March 2012, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined Coutts & Company (Coutts) £8.75 million for failing to establish and maintain effective AML systems and controls relating to high-risk customers. These failings, according to the FSA's press release, were "serious, systemic and were allowed...

Expert Spotlight, June 2012 – August 2012

Leigh H. Winchell: Proactive and Reactive

May 29, 2012March 13, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had an opportunity to sit down and speak with Leigh H. Winchell, Assistant Director, Investigative Programs, Homeland Security Investigations. Mr. Winchell began his law enforcement career in 1984 as a Deputy Sheriff in Richland County, South Carolina. In 1987, he was hired by...

Expert Spotlight, June 2012 – August 2012

Peter Warrack, CAMS: Think Strategically

May 29, 2012March 13, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Peter Warrack, head of investigations with the AML Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for an enlightening interview to discuss financial crimes in both the private and public sectors. ACAMS Today: Tell us about your...

Europe, Interviews, June 2012 – August 2012

Satisfaction Despite Difficulties

May 29, 2012September 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

In Serbia there are more and more final verdicts against money launderers. A new system has been established making Serbia the first country in Europe to start the process of a national risk assessment of money laundering. In this interview, Aleksandar Vujicic, Director of the...

From the Executive Vice President, June 2012 – August 2012

Public-Private Sector Partnerships—Second Law Enforcement Edition

May 29, 2012April 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since our inaugural Law Enforcement Edition of ACAMS Today. Thanks to our authors, and of course our tremendous Editor-in-Chief, the membership universally praised our attempt to acknowledge the critical role that law enforcement...

June 2012 – August 2012, Member Spotlight

Lauren Sparks, CAMS—Houston, TX, USA

May 29, 2012April 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

Lauren Sparks, CAMS and President of Third Party Resources, Inc. (3PR), is a Co-Director of the new ACAMS Houston Chapter. A Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) with over 30 years in community banking, Sparks and the 3PR staff of bankers enthusiastically offer Risk Management services...

June 2012 – August 2012, Member Spotlight

Henri Faizi Auni—Democratic Republic of Congo

May 29, 2012May 29, 2015 /Leave a comment

Henri Faizi Auni is vice president of CENAREF, Financial Intelligence Unit, in Democratic Republic of Congo. Faizi has been engaged in AML since 2003 as Chair of GREB, Working Group against money laundering and terrorist financing set up at Central Bank of Congo. He was...

From the Editor, June 2012 – August 2012

Partnerships

May 29, 2012April 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

Partnerships are important. The power of two can accomplish much more than is generally possible with only one. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich just is not the same with only peanut butter or only jelly. Juliet would just be another young woman staring at...

March – May 2012, Member Spotlight

Dr. Buno E. Nduka, BSc, MSc, MBA, Ph.D, CAMS—Ponty Dakar, Senegal

May 1, 2012May 29, 2015 /Leave a comment

Dr. Buno Nduka is the director of programs and projects at Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), an Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) specialized institution located in Dakar, Senegal, where he takes a leading role in the design and...

ACAMS Today

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

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ACAMS celebrates AFC professionals with ACAMS Awards

AML/AFC trends in 2025 and emerging topics for 2026

The end of the “de minimis” exemption: Strengthening U.S. trade controls

Fraud trends in 2026: What to expect

All Editions

Fraud and Money Laundering: Can you think like a bad guy?

Lessons Learned from Coutts’ £8.75 Million Fine for AML Control Failings

Leigh H. Winchell: Proactive and Reactive

Peter Warrack, CAMS: Think Strategically

Satisfaction Despite Difficulties

Public-Private Sector Partnerships—Second Law Enforcement Edition

Lauren Sparks, CAMS—Houston, TX, USA

Henri Faizi Auni—Democratic Republic of Congo

Partnerships

Dr. Buno E. Nduka, BSc, MSc, MBA, Ph.D, CAMS—Ponty Dakar, Senegal