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Project Shadow: Ending the Online Exploitation of Children

Shake, Bake and Launder

2020 Visions

Project Shadow: AML Investigations Into Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Ghost in the Machine

AML Challenges

NPO Terrrorist Financing
AML Challenges, Special for the Web

Could Your Local Pastor Be the Front Line to Financing Terrorism?

January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment
Terrorism requires funding for various reasons. Operatives require funding for travel arrangements, training new members, forging documents and paying bribes to facilitate attacks, among other things. However, it is worth highlighting that recruitment does not always require large amounts of funding. During “active recruitment,”1...
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AML Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

Shake, Bake and Launder

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 /Leave a comment
The culinary world is full of seemingly endless possibilities for chefs to create exponentially different dishes using the same set of ingredients. Mix together ground beef, tomatoes and spices, and one can make spaghetti and meatballs, goulash soup, meatloaf, burgers, sloppy joes or a...
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AML Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

The Shadowy World of Illicit Finance

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment
The illicit economy involves any activity done in the shadows that is not regulated or reported to law enforcement―hence why these criminals remain enigmatic. All too often illicit finance leaves an indelible impression on society and its impact is vast because of the high-dollar...
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AML Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

Older, Wiser and At Risk: How to Protect Against Elder Abuse

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment
When we think about retirement and our golden years, we often picture a happy existence. My great-grandmother’s picture of retirement completely changed in 1991 when, at the age of 80, she became the full-time guardian of a newborn baby. My gran gave me a...
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AML Challenges, December 2020 - February 2021

Lessons in Regulation for the Art Industry

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment
On July 29, Sotheby’s held the first-ever global art auction livestreamed on the internet. It was a resounding success, highlighted by the sale of a Francis Bacon triptych for $84.6 million.1 Given the massive scale of online commerce, as well as the shutdowns precipitated...
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AML Challenges, Exclusive

A Snapshot of 10 Cybersecurity Challenges for Fintech (And How You Can Resolve Them)

October 29, 2020 /Leave a comment
Fintech is a word used in modern parlance within the financial industry that refers to the use of technology and innovation for financial services and systems. Over the years, hackers and cybercriminals have taken advantage of rapidly changing technology as they carry out organized attacks...
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AML Challenges, September 2020 - November 2020

Trends in Fund Companies’ AML Programs and SAR Filings

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 /Leave a comment
Anti-money laundering compliance officers (AMLCOs) often observe situations where their clients or partners may struggle with deciding whether to report suspicious activity in accounts where no suspect can be identified. Based on recent regulatory filings, there appears to be an increase in suspicious activity detection...
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AML Challenges, September 2020 - November 2020

Insured Against Financial Crime

October 5, 2020 /Leave a comment
Insurance companies are classified as nonfinancial institutions. Yet in 2002, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed requirements for insurers to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), including the responsibility to file suspicious activity reports (SARs) that do...
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AML Challenges, Special for the Web

Old Trick, New Victims: The Rise of Money Mules During the Pandemic

August 28, 2020September 14, 2020 /4 Comments
Following the coronavirus outbreak, mandated lockdowns were implemented that led millions of people to stay home. The financial industry has seen less money laundering cases and fines from regulators because COVID-19 completely disrupted the demand of illicit drug trafficking and successive money laundering measures. During...
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AML Challenges, June - August 2020

TBML: Trade Is the Red Herring

July 7, 2020 /1 Comment
For the last 10 years or so, trade-based money laundering (TBML) has arguably been the most uttered term at money laundering conferences worldwide. Almost like an Abbott and Costello routine, no matter what the panelists are talking about, eventually someone says, “but TBML ….”...
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