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AMLA’s work program and its enhanced oversight of CASPs

AMLA’s work program and its enhanced oversight of CASPs

AML enforcement A shift in Brazil’s luxury

AML enforcement: A shift in Brazil’s luxury

The influence of emerging technologies on cybersecurity audits

The influence of emerging technologies on cybersecurity audits

AI, human accountability and company ownership

AI, human accountability and company ownership

Beyond the exchange: Laundering crypto through luxury goods

Beyond the exchange: Laundering crypto through luxury goods

Leveraging national security priorities for an enhanced counter-fraud response

Leveraging national security priorities for an enhanced counter-fraud response

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Europe, Exclusive

The Fourth AML Directive and the EU’s Approach to Data Protection: A Precautionary Warning

July 15, 2016July 26, 2016 /Leave a comment
Let us get one thing straight: The Fourth Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive is a directive whereas the General Data Protection Regulation (Data Regulation) is a regulation. The difference between these two is crucial. The Fourth AML Directive allows member states to implement the Fourth AML...
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Europe, Exclusive

Dealing with De-Risking: A Tale of Tenacity and Creativity

June 23, 2016 /Leave a comment
In 2014, money transfer operators sending funds to Somalia were coming under increasing pressure. Western financial institutions, concerned about money possibly ending up in the hands of terrorists or persons on sanctions lists, decided the risk was too high and started pulling out. Although one...
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AFC Challenges, Exclusive, June – August 2016

The Jurisprudence of the Right to Financial Privacy Act

May 27, 2016 /Leave a comment
When 9/11 hit, the bosses of American law enforcement understood that financial records would be key to unraveling what happened and, more ominously, stopping any follow-up attacks. Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff and FBI Director Robert Mueller immediately set up a special FBI unit...
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Shift Your Cyber Threat Strategy from Reactive to Proactive

May 23, 2016January 5, 2017 /Leave a comment
Today, cyber threats come in a variety of forms.  Whether intended to disrupt an organization's business activities or steal valuable company or customer data, hacks, phishing attacks (a form of internet fraud targeting  credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and bank account passwords)...
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ACAMS Sanctions Compliance Course: The Shape of Things to Come

April 25, 2016 /Leave a comment
I recently completed the inaugural offering of ACAMS’ Sanctions Compliance course. I was probably not ACAMS’ target student, since I already had been working in the sanctions field for over a decade, yet I was drawn to having something formal under my belt (and on...
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Europe, Exclusive

‘Panama Papers’ Leak to Spur Governmental Inquiries

April 5, 2016May 10, 2016 /Leave a comment
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Apple Versus the FBI: Who wins?

March 14, 2016March 17, 2016 /Leave a comment
As we have witnessed over the past few weeks, the debate between Apple and the FBI—regarding accessing encrypted communications—has intensified significantly. The issue at hand—privacy versus security—is one in which we all have a vital stake. The law enforcement challenge of accessing encrypted information has...
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AFC Challenges, Exclusive, March – May 2016

A Cautionary Tale About the Risk-Based Approach to Compliance

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 /Leave a comment
Editor’s note: The author, Richard Bistrong, was a former FCPA violator and FBI/U.K. cooperator. As part of his plea agreement, he spent 14-1/2 months in prison for his own FCPA violations and was released in December 2013. He now writes, speaks and consults on...
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Europe, Exclusive, Ireland Chapter

Media Coverage for the Newly Formed ACAMS Ireland Chapter

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 /Leave a comment
December 2015 - February 2016, Exclusive, Global Financial Crime Review

Risk Assessment in the Great White North

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015 /Leave a comment
It has been a busy few months for anti-money laundering (AML) professionals in the Great White North: The summer of 2015 kicked off with a fantastic ACAMS conference in Toronto during the month of June, where Canada’s Minister of Finance, the Honorable Joe Oliver,...
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