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AFC Challenges, Europe Express, Featured Column, Global Financial Crime Review

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

May 21, 2025 /Leave a comment

Rapid technological development, digital society, mass globalization, migration and political turbulence are confronting the fight against crime with new challenges. Despite small fluctuations depending on geographical area and crime types, traditional methods seem ineffective. Crime is increasing, becoming more transnational and organized. In addition, criminals...

Digital Dose, Sanctions Space

Laura Ferris on Sanctions, Corruption and Illegal Logging

May 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

On the margins of the ACAMS Hollywood Assembly, Justine sat down with Laura Ferris, The Sentry, to discuss illicit financial flows linked to environmental crime. Their discussion includes assessing the distinct overlap between environmental crime, sanctions and corruption as well as a spotlight on the...

Digital Dose, Financial Crime Matters

Countering Violent Extremist Groups, With Hans-Jakob Schindler

May 16, 2025May 22, 2025 /Leave a comment

In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project about the current violent threats posed by Islamic radicals, and right-wing and left-wing extremist groups. Drawing on his expertise as senior director of the Counter...

AFC Policy, Fraud, Global Financial Crime Review, World Digest

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 /Leave a comment

In May 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a decisive step in the global fight against cyber-enabled financial crimes. In a historic Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FinCEN identified Cambodia-based Huione Group as a financial institution (FI) of primary money laundering concern under...

AFC Challenges, Compliance, Global Financial Crime Review, In Focus

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

May 15, 2025May 23, 2025 /Leave a comment

Offshore trusts and feeder funds remain highly effective instruments utilized by illicit actors aiming to introduce compromised funds into the U.S. financial system. While standard compliance frameworks commonly address clear-cut transactions and overt indicators, the intricate connections between privacy-focused jurisdictions, complex trust formations and intermediary...

AFC Challenges, Compliance, Practical Solutions

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

May 15, 2025 /Leave a comment

The term “one and done” is an idiom that means exactly what it says. An action, activity or situation is a one-time occurrence that will not be repeated. To college basketball fans it is synonymous with a talented freshman player who foregoes his remaining college...

AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, Compliance, Exclusive, Fraud

The Assembly Hollywood Highlights Trending AFC Issues

May 9, 2025 /Leave a comment

Members of the international anti-financial crime (AFC) community congregated in Florida last week to discuss the latest developments in the AFC space during the ACAMS Assembly Hollywood, which took place from April 28-30 in Hollywood, Florida. The conference’s informative sessions addressed an array of trending...

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Digital Dose, Sanctions Space

Kimberly Donovan on Geopolitics and the Emerging Axis of Evasion

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 /Leave a comment

"As we start to piece this all together, we found that there were certain trends and typologies that were very similar in terms of how China was working with Russia, as well as how China was working with Iran, and then just kind of shaping...

AFC Challenges, Compliance, In Focus

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

May 6, 2025May 21, 2025 /Leave a comment

As the financial services landscape grows more dynamic, the stakes have never been higher. The importance of robust financial crime risk management frameworks cannot be overstated. Enterprise- wide risk assessments (EWRAs) are a North Star for these, playing a critical role in supporting a risk-based...

Environmental Crimes

The Critical Role AFC Professionals Can Play in Sustainable Development

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 /Leave a comment

In 1900, a group of European colonial powers signed the world’s first multilateral treaty on wildlife preservation at the Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa.1 Numerous treaties, protocols and agreements have been signed in the last century. While every...