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Light the Night in 2014

August 12, 2014March 6, 2015

The Greater Philadelphia ACAMS Chapter wants you to join our team for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk fundraising event on October 11, 2014. It is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of people battling blood cancers...

Know Your Chapter, Netherlands Chapter

Bitcoin: The Myths and Truth with Regards to Financial Crime

July 25, 2014July 1, 2015

On Thursday, May 15, 2014, about 50 financial crime professionals gathered in Amsterdam to discuss the anti-money laundering (AML) risks inherent to crypto (virtual) currencies and to listen to three different expert opinions on bitcoins. The seminar was sponsored by ING Bank and it was...

June - August 2014, Member Spotlight

Marie Fulop, M.S., CFE—Fort Myers, FL, USA

July 15, 2014May 29, 2015

Detective Marie Fulop holds a master’s degree in criminal justice with an emphasis in abnormal psychology/behavioral science. Detective Fulop is currently employed with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, assigned full time to the United States Secret Service. Her second job is working at Rasmussen College...

Chicago Chapter, Special for the Web, To the Rescue

Chicago Chapter: ‘Partnership is the Cornerstone of Our Success’

July 15, 2014March 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

This year, the Chicago Chapter is taking on a yearlong theme to make a strong and visible partnership with Homeland Security Investigations/ICE's Cornerstone program. Cornerstone is HSI's comprehensive enforcement initiative focusing on financial institutions. Cornerstone seeks to identify and eliminate vulnerabilities within the U.S. financial,...

Know Your Chapter, Southern California Chapter, To the Rescue

SoCal Chapter Raises Funds for CAST

June 23, 2014March 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS Southern California (SoCal) Chapter has supported a local not-for-profit organization known as the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) for two years. CAST was established 15 years ago and their mission is to help assist persons who were trafficked and to help...

AFC Challenges, June - August 2014

Elder Abuse: Out of the Shadows and into the Law Enforcement Spotlight

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

Elder abuse has long been a crime that has gone unreported. But regulators, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors are turning their focus on this crime and bringing it out of the shadows to make it easier for elderly victims to report the crime and...

Compliance, June - August 2014

Afghanistan: A Detective’s Story

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

The sun had not yet peaked over the horizon as we stepped off the terminal shuttle bus and onto the tarmac of the Dubai International Airport. We were preparing for the final leg of our long flight from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Kandahar, Afghanistan....

Compliance, June - August 2014

The Secret Life of AML

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

Perhaps no other aspect of the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) is harped on more than the need of secrecy. It is the “S” in BSA that is the one aspect of AML that all sectors from the financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement...

June - August 2014, Practical Solutions

Show, Don’t Tell

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

As the leader of a multijurisdictional suspicious activity report (SAR) review team, I read dozens and sometimes hundreds of SARs at a time. Like a programmer reading lines of code, my brain has learned to interpret large swaths of data into pictures or images....

AFC Challenges, June - August 2014

Interstate Funnel Accounts – Raising the Money off the Streets

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

Over the past few years, the money laundering trend known as "interstate funnel accounts" has grown in popularity particularly among drug and alien smuggling organizations. Interstate funnel accounts, or interstate cash accounts, are currently one of the most efficient means for drug and human...

ACAMS Today

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

Matthew S. Axelrod on the Critical Importance of Export Controls

AFC Developments Addressed at the Assembly Hollywood

David Mortlock on Sanctions Enforcement and Asset Recovery

Europe’s PEP List Debate

Russian Sanctions: Hitting the Target or Missing the Mark?

The Missing Pieces in Financial Crime Investigations

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Light the Night in 2014

Bitcoin: The Myths and Truth with Regards to Financial Crime

Marie Fulop, M.S., CFE—Fort Myers, FL, USA

Chicago Chapter: ‘Partnership is the Cornerstone of Our Success’

SoCal Chapter Raises Funds for CAST

Elder Abuse: Out of the Shadows and into the Law Enforcement Spotlight

Afghanistan: A Detective’s Story

The Secret Life of AML

Show, Don’t Tell

Interstate Funnel Accounts – Raising the Money off the Streets