Law enforcement (LE) is the backbone for solving financial crimes. As more regulations and legislation pass, it is crucial for anti-financial crime experts to stay up to date to prevent, mitigate and report financial crimes. With the Badge Bulletin, you can learn from LE officials, agents and experts about the latest schemes, typologies, methods for reporting and more.
Our regular contributors are Steve Gurdak, who has more than 30 years of police and supervisory experience, and Ray Villanueva, who has 29 years of law enforcement and investigative experience. If you would like to contribute to this column or have any topics you would like to suggest, email editor@acams.org.
Today’s world is more interconnected than ever before. Individuals and businesses operate across borders, and the same holds true for today’s criminals. This necessitates international cooperation among government partners to combat tax and financial crimes that touch countries around the globe. The Joint Chiefs of...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,” featured in the June-August 2022 edition of ACAMS Today, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) priorities The article titled “FinCEN’s...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the June-August ‘22 edition of ACAMS Today, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today Jun-Aug ’22 edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the eighth of the series, will discuss...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,” featured in ACAMS Today, shared general thoughts, basic definitions, and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the seventh of the series, will discuss transnational criminal organization (TCO)...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions, and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the sixth of the series, will...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the fifth of the series, will...
You may have read it in magazines or seen the news or videos of some altruistic country sending modern tractors to aid farmers in developing nations. It seems surprising when they return later to find all the tractors in disrepair, with some now even being...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the fourth of the series, will...
The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,” featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions, and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the third of the series, will...