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December 2020 - February 2021, From the Director of Editorial Content

Worst of Times?

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

By any measure, this has been a year that has tested us all, as several articles in this December 2020-February 2021 issue of ACAMS Today make clear. More than 1.5 million people worldwide have died because of COVID-19, a death toll that continues to rise....

From the Director of Editorial Content, September 2020 - November 2020

For Financial Criminals, There Is No Recession

October 2, 2020October 6, 2020 /Leave a comment

Even in an economic downturn there are plenty of proceeds from crime to be laundered. Hard times actually create opportunities for human and drug traffickers, and perpetrators of fraud are emboldened to pitch schemes that promise huge returns or magical cures, playing on the desperation...

From the Director of Editorial Content, June - August 2020

Be Purposeful, Be Well

July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

Law enforcement (LE) professionals deal with some of the most brutal manifestations of evil human behavior. It is a burden that can take a toll on them and their families. And, it is a burden we can be very grateful they choose to bear. I...

ACAMS Today Europe, From the Director of Editorial Content, May 2020 - June 2020

In This Together

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 /Leave a comment

Seemingly contradictory trends are unfolding in the EU as I write this for the May-June issue of ACAMS Today Europe. A leaked European Commission report is proposing the creation of an uber-financial intelligence unit to coordinate and set standards for the 27 member states’ financial...

From the Director of Editorial Content, March - May 2020

Twenty-Five Years Later

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 /Leave a comment

During the winter holiday season, I spent some time in Mexico City. As hoped, the museums, the architecture and the archeological sites had the desired effect of “resetting” my outlook on the world. I learned a lot and, as a longtime New Yorker, was struck...

December 2019 - February 2020, From the Director of Editorial Content

Weaponizing Kindness and Compassion

December 12, 2019 /Leave a comment

The horrific news in October that 39 people were found suffocated in a lorry about 25 miles east of London is just the latest reminder—a particularly shocking one— that the trafficking and smuggling of human beings remains a pervasive and persistent cancer in our world....

From the Director of Editorial Content, September – November 2019

We Can Use More Heroes

September 3, 2019September 12, 2019 /Leave a comment

The September-November issue 2019 of ACAMS Today that you are holding (or reading online) focuses on sanctions but is also “our conference issue” since its release coincides with our annual Las Vegas conference. Our largest conference, the 18th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference from...

ACAMS Today Español, From the Director of Editorial Content

¿Puede el Cumplimiento Tenerlo Todo?

July 18, 2019July 29, 2019 /Leave a comment

Algunos temas son intemporales y universales. Esa es una manera elegante de decir que no se pueden resolver por completo y que son de naturaleza global. Esta edición de ACAMS Today Español que está leyendo es un testimonio de la naturaleza intratable de ciertos...

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From the Director of Editorial Content, June - August 2019

Fighting Crime Through Public-Private Partnerships

June 21, 2019July 19, 2019 /Leave a comment

Public-private partnerships that unite law enforcement (LE), financial institutions—and sometimes not-for-profits—have been amazingly successful in detecting, preventing and prosecuting all sorts of financial crimes, including human trafficking (HT). Project Protect in Canada, created following a presentation on HT at an Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering...

ACAMS Today Europe, From the Director of Editorial Content, May - June 2019

Catch the Bad Guys, Avoid a Penalty: Can compliance have it all?

May 21, 2019April 9, 2020 /Leave a comment

Welcome to the first issue of ACAMS Today Europe. ACAMS Today launched in 2002 as a membership benefit of a newly formed United States-based association of anti-money laundering (AML) professionals. Today, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) is a global association of 73,000...

ACAMS Today

The Magazine for Career-minded Professionals in the Anti-Money Laundering Field

Fintech and Australia

FinCEN’s Transnational Criminal Organization Activity Policies

Dissecting the Mafia: Apulia’s Sacra Corona Unita

Qatargate: Uncovering Corruption

Matt Zweig on the Dynamics of U.S. Congressional Sanctions Policy

Have Sanctions Against Russia Prompted Commodity Laundering?

From the Director of Editorial Content