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Atsuo Takada: Globally connecting through The ACAMS Assemblies
Aspects of APAC, December 2025 – February 2026, Interviews

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Atsuo Takada specializes in financial crime countermeasures, especially for anti-money laundering, product management from discovery to collaboration, as well as the implementation of fintech solutions. In addition, he oversees business planning and marketing. Takada has been engaged in business development centered on global package solutions...
North Korean IT worker infiltration: Synthetic identities
December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review, World Digest

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Gobally, companies are facing a new insider threat: foreign operatives from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea posing as legitimate information technology professionals. While DPRK-sponsored cybercriminals have been linked to countless ransomware and espionage attacks in recent years, this emerging threat requires infiltrating organizations...
In the spotlight: Fighting human trafficking at global events
AFC Challenges, Compliance, December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review, Human Trafficking

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When the world’s spotlight shines brightest on events like the Super Bowl, Formula 1, the electronics trade show CES and soon the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it also illuminates something far darker. Behind the glamor, the global media coverage and the surge of tourism, predators...
Internal audit: The gateway to career hot zones in AFC
Career Guidance, December 2025 – February 2026, Exclusive

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The financial crime world is having its moment. On one side, there is a gravitational pull toward the bold new frontiers of financial crime prevention―crypto exchanges, fintech startups, banking as a service platforms and embedded finance ventures―where technology moves fast, acronyms multiply overnight and job...
New drug trafficking typologies: A dual-market reality
AFC Challenges, AFC Policy, Compliance, December 2025 – February 2026, Global Financial Crime Review

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During the first quarter of the 21st century, drug trafficking remained one of the few global threats to which every nation―regardless of political system, military strength or geography―was equally vulnerable. Much like a resilient virus that evolves faster than public health systems can respond, the...