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December 2015 - February 2016, Europe, Ireland Chapter, Know Your Chapter

ACAMS Ireland Chapter Announcement

December 9, 2015December 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

Senior anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) professionals from Ireland’s financial services and FinTech sector met to establish the ACAMS Ireland Chapter in Dublin on September 23, 2015. The ACAMS Ireland Chapter was formed with the intention to embrace the spirit of inclusivity in as...

December 2015 - February 2016, Europe, European Connect

Upcoming Plans for Europe

December 9, 2015October 4, 2016 /Leave a comment

Editor's Note: European Connect is a new section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. In this issue's European Connect, I want to share our plans for CAMS in Russian and in French, to let...

Europe, In Focus

Observations About the Paris Terrorist Attacks and Implications for Financial Institutions

November 20, 2015December 7, 2015 /2 Comments

The terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, are yet another reminder of the constant threat the global community is confronted with regarding Islamic extremists who use terrorism to exploit their depraved agendas. This horrific attack reinforces why anti-money laundering (AML) compliance professionals play...

Compliance, Europe, Fraud, September - November 2015

The World Cup of Fraud

August 25, 2015April 26, 2024 /Leave a comment

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, better known as FIFA, is the world governing body for international soccer (or “football,” as it is referred outside of the U.S.). Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and is frequently described as “the beautiful game.” Unfortunately,...

Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, September - November 2015

The Fourth EU AML/CTF Directive: A Holistic Risk-Based Approach

August 25, 2015September 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Two high-profile cases, namely the Charlie Hebdo and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) investigation, which have dominated news headlines over the course of weeks in the first half of 2015, have once again generated discussions around the importance of combating crime.1 At...

Europe, European Connect, September - November 2015

European News and Updates

August 25, 2015October 4, 2016 /Leave a comment

Editor’s Note: European Connect is a new section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. Since joining ACAMS in January, I have had the opportunity to meet many of our members in person at the...

Europe, Germany Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September - November 2015

Announcing the New ACAMS Germany Chapter

August 17, 2015February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS Germany Chapter was founded on June 26, 2015, at the offices of UBS in Frankfurt. The chapter brings together a team of anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime and compliance professionals from global banking and insurance institutions, money services businesses (MSBs) and development...

Europe, In Focus

The FIFA Scandal from an AML Perspective

June 1, 2015May 10, 2016 /3 Comments

On May 27, 2015, 14 influential figures affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) were indicted in the Eastern District of New York. FIFA is the world governing body for international soccer, the most popular sport in the world. For decades, there...

Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, March – May 2015

Cyprus—Becoming a geopolitical hub in Europe?

March 3, 2015November 11, 2015 /Leave a comment

Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located south of Greece and east of Turkey. The country has been a member state of the European Union since 2004 and of the eurozone since 2008. In recent years,...

Europe, In Focus

Amber Gold—Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme in Eastern Europe

March 2, 2015September 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Six years ago amid the economic meltdown, Bernard Madoff, a former New York stockbroker and financier, was sentenced to 150 years of imprisonment for orchestrating the largest fraudulent financial scheme in the history of the U.S. Thousands of private and public investors from across...