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Ask the AFC Guru: Marbel Guilamo Peña—The Fight Against Corruption

November 8, 2023April 29, 2024 /Leave a comment

Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Marbel Guilamo Peña, who has 20 years of experience in banking, is the manager of the Ethical Compliance, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Division at Banco de Reservas (Banreservas). His work has contributed significantly to the areas of banking regulation, compliance operations, corporate...

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The Assembly Las Vegas 2023

October 16, 2023April 15, 2024 /Leave a comment

The successful ACAMS Assembly Las Vegas drew approximately 2,500 in-person and online attendees, encompassing more than 50 sessions covering a number of topics of interest to anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals, including pig butchering scams, digital assets fraud, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...

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Ask the AFC Guru: Amy Wotapka—On Partnerships, Information Sharing, Fraud Schemes and More

September 25, 2023April 29, 2024 /Leave a comment

Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Amy Wotapka, CAMS, CRCM, CFE, CIPP, FCRA, CQIA, is a lifelong banker with over 20 years in the AFC industry and a champion for other AFC professionals. Beginning her career as a suspicious activity investigator, Wotapka now serves as Bank Secrecy...

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North Korean-Russian Summit a Concerning Development as DPRK Cyber Attacks Continue

September 19, 2023 /Leave a comment

On September 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jung Un held a summit in which the two leaders, isolated from the West by economic sanctions, called each other “comrade” and committed to deepen their defense cooperation as...

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Human Trafficking in Times of Conflict

September 13, 2023September 27, 2023 /Leave a comment

The trafficking of human beings increases dramatically in times of conflict, and the combination of conflict and migration leaves a significant number of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children at high risk of institution-related trafficking, as well as various forms of abuse and exploitation. Orphanage trafficking...

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Ask the AFC Guru: Sanjeev Menon—Staffing Solutions

August 17, 2023April 29, 2024 /Leave a comment

Anti-financial crime (AFC) guru Sanjeev Menon, managing director of Madison Davis’s Legal and Compliance Practice Area, specializes in executive recruitment and provides staffing and workforce solutions to compliance and anti-financial crime (AFC) clients. Menon, who is an ASA Certified Staffing Professional and holds a Society...

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Beyond the Headlines—Sextortion

August 2, 2023August 11, 2023 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: This article is the second of a three-part series on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and child sex trafficking (CST). The first part is available here. ***Disclaimer/trigger warning: This article discusses sexual offenses committed against children. Reader discretion is advised. What is sextortion?...

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Managing Risk and Compliance in a Volatile World

July 13, 2023July 2, 2024 /Leave a comment

An unprecedented confluence of crises has transformed the financial crime and risk landscape, turning the screws on the compliance efforts of financial institutions (FIs). Circumstances such as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, resulting spikes in geopolitical tensions between the West and Russia and China, in addition...

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Four Questions: Understanding Sanctions Imposed Against Russia

June 28, 2023July 26, 2023 /1 Comment

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions that the U.S., European Union (EU) and other countries imposed against Russia in the wake of this act of aggression have been the focus of worldwide media attention since February 2022. In this installment of our Four...

FinCEN Transnational Criminal Organizations Policies

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FinCEN’s Transnational Criminal Organization Activity Policies

May 25, 2023July 26, 2023 /2 Comments

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)...