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Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

The Critical Role AFC Professionals Can Play in Sustainable Development

The Critical Role AFC Professionals Can Play in Sustainable Development

AFC Policy

AFC Policy, September – November 2017

Carrots and Sticks…and Sanctions

September 19, 2017October 18, 2017 /Leave a comment
From behind a bank of computer monitors, performing day-to-day compliance operations, it is easy to see economic sanctions as a binary thing: sanctions targets are persona non grata, and everyone else is not. However, from a policy level, sanctions are a much more multifaceted tool...
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AFC Policy, March – May 2017

Fourth time’s the charm?

March 6, 2017 /Leave a comment
In December 2016, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation Report for the U.S.’ anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) measures. It weighs in at 14 pages of executive summary, 161 pages of the main report and 80 pages...
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AFC Policy, Compliance

Remarks by Thomas J. Curry at the ACAMS 15th Annual AML and Financial Crime Conference

September 28, 2016October 3, 2016 /Leave a comment
Good morning, and thank you for having me here. It’s a pleasure to address a group of professionals who are on the front lines in the battle against some very bad actors. When I spoke with you in 2014,1 I discussed the importance of risk...
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AFC Policy, June – August 2016

How high do we build the BSA wall?

May 27, 2016June 24, 2016 /Leave a comment
After months of talking politics and following the campaign, there is still no doubt over the question of who our next president will be and what policies may come into play. One particular issue that has caught the attention of voters, politicians and the...
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AFC Policy, Europe, March – May 2016

How Terrorist Trends Evolve and How Financial Institutions Should Respond

March 7, 2016May 9, 2016 /2 Comments
As we move into and through 2016, the most significant terrorist threats to Western society are posed by Islamic terrorist or jihadist organizations. As evidenced by the attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, the subsequent disruption of imminent attacks in Europe in November and...
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AFC Policy, March – May 2015

Virtual Currencies Continue to Peek through the Shadows

March 3, 2015March 4, 2015 /Leave a comment
Virtual currencies burst into the public eye in the summer and fall of 2013 with headline-making enforcement actions around money laundering, narcotics trafficking and unlicensed money transmission. Initial concerns focused on the illicit threat of anonymous users permeating the dark Web to conduct nefarious...
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AFC Policy, June - August 2014

Wolfsberg Group Updates Correspondent Banking Guidelines

June 4, 2014March 6, 2015
On February 18, 2014, the Wolfsberg Group of International Financial Institutions, an industry consortium that sets international industry anti-money laundering (AML) standards, issued updates to its AML Principles for Correspondent Banking.1 The updates are in response to the increasing regulatory focus on the AML...
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AFC Policy, March – May 2014

Goldilocks and the Three Sanctions

March 4, 2014September 4, 2015 /Leave a comment
In the fairytale, the little girl named Goldilocks had a choice of three beds in which to take a nap. The father's bed was too hard, the mother's was too soft, and only the baby bear's bed was comfortable enough for her in which...
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AFC Policy, December 2012 – February 2013

Section 314(b) Information Sharing Revisited

December 4, 2012March 5, 2015 /Leave a comment
The USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. It was enacted as a result of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 (9/11). With the thought of 9/11 in mind, the PATRIOT Act was intended to...
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Earth Grenade
AFC Policy, June 2011 – August 2011

The Death of Osama bin Laden and Our Fight Against Terrorist Financing

August 29, 2011May 28, 2015 /Leave a comment
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama informed America and the world that Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist al Qaeda network, had been killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The stunning announcement marked the most important accomplishment in the United States' efforts to combat global...
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