Global Financial Crime Review

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A Global Review of Sanctioned Countries

March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 /1 Comment

The first known use of sanctions dates to 432 BC when General Pericles of Greece imposed sanctions on its neighbor, Megara, in response to the abduction of three women.1 In more recent times, the first U.S. sanctions date back to Thomas Jefferson’s Embargo Act of...

Europe, March - May 2018, Meet the ACAMS Staff

David Sanchez Lopez: AML Challenges in France

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with David Sanchez Lopez, ACAMS’ European account manager, about how the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry has evolved in Europe and the challenges professionals in this industry are facing in France. Sanchez Lopez joined ACAMS in 2015 to lead the development of ACAMS...

Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, March - May 2018

Politically Exposed Persons Policy vs. Local Corruption

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

The politically exposed persons (PEPs) issue is a recurrent theme for the compliance community. Let us get straight to the point: In the ever-growing scope of a compliance officer’s duties, the subject comes as often as a pain in the neck. First, it seems very...

Europe, European Connect, March - May 2018

Europe’s Largest AML Conference

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS 14th Annual European Conference, Europe’s largest anti-money laundering (AML) conference, is just around the corner and you may even be reading this issue of ACAMS Today at the event in Amsterdam on May 31–June 1. In response to delegate feedback and ACAMS’...

Global Financial Crime Review

Human Trafficking, Compliance and a 1980s-Inspired Sci-Fi Series: Fighting the Upside Down

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 /Leave a comment

When I left my position as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, I thought I was walking away from a position that allowed me to make a difference in the community. After all, if you are not directly involved in law enforcement and...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, Germany Chapter, Know Your Chapter

ACAMS Germany Chapter Activities in 2017

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Throughout 2017, the ACAMS Germany Chapter has continued to develop its activities and engage with anti-money laundering (AML) professionals across Germany. Events hosted in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich drew together a number of financial crime experts covering topics such as the changing role of the...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, Global Financial Crime Review

Ultimate Beneficial Ownership

December 12, 2017January 24, 2018 /Leave a comment

The Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) came into force in 2015 and was due to be implemented in all EU countries by June 26, 2017.1 However, some countries did not make the implementation deadline in June 2017 as they did not have the necessary...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, France Chapter, Know Your Chapter

The Compliance Officer University Degree

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

In 2017, ACAMS participated in the first promotion of the compliance officer university degree, delivered by the University of Versailles,1 in France. The program was supervised by the dean of the law and political science department of the university and designed by the co-chair of...

AML Challenges, December 2017 - February 2018, Exclusive, Global Financial Crime Review

Project Protect: An In-Depth Review of the Public-Private Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking in Canada

December 12, 2017January 24, 2018 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: This article was shared with the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) as a supplement to their Workshop on Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking that took place on November 4-6, 2017, in Vatican City. Ending human trafficking is often regarded as an...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, European Connect

Looking Ahead at Europe in 2018

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: European Connect is a section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. I am proud that at ACAMS we build relationships. We build relationships between people, organizations and countries, and as a membership and...

ACAMS Today

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Final Rule: Achieving Successful Implementation

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Whales, Sharks and Flounders: Conceptualizing Real-World Money Laundering

Global Financial Crime Review

A Global Review of Sanctioned Countries

David Sanchez Lopez: AML Challenges in France

Politically Exposed Persons Policy vs. Local Corruption

Europe’s Largest AML Conference

Human Trafficking, Compliance and a 1980s-Inspired Sci-Fi Series: Fighting the Upside Down

ACAMS Germany Chapter Activities in 2017

Ultimate Beneficial Ownership

The Compliance Officer University Degree

Project Protect: An In-Depth Review of the Public-Private Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking in Canada

Looking Ahead at Europe in 2018