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COVID-19 and The Sexual Exploitation of Children Online

La COVID-19 et l’exploitation sexuelle des enfants en ligne

January 14, 2022January 18, 2022 /Leave a comment

La crise du COVID-19 a déclenché une hausse sans précédent dans la production et la distribution de matériels d’abus sexuels d’enfants et d’exploitation sexuelle d’enfants, la retransmission en direct d’abus sexuels sur enfants et en particulier des contenus/matériels sexuels autoproduits. Aux commencements de la crise,...

Caribbean Catch-Up, World Digest

Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 /Leave a comment

PwC published the first edition of its “PwC CBDC global index,”1 in which it analyzes the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world race to develop their own digital currency for retail and interbank CBDC. This report ranked the Bahamas...

AML Challenges, World Digest

From FinCEN Files to Cryptocurrency: The Next Criminal Battleground

December 13, 2021December 14, 2021 /Leave a comment

Marking one year since the publication of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Files is no cause for celebration. Instead, it is a stark reminder that organized criminals continue to exploit legal loopholes and weak anti-money laundering (AML) regimes across the globe. This has been...

Europe Express, World Digest

AML: The Biometric Solution for Crypto

October 18, 2021December 8, 2021 /Leave a comment

Most of the ground to be covered by the proposed EU AML Authority is familiar territory. Anti-money laundering (AML) practices are well established. But in the burgeoning world of cryptocurrency trading, the challenge of identifying true asset owners is altogether different, as the UK regulator...

ACAMS Conexión, Acceso LatAm, Español, World Digest

Desmitificando el lavado de activos y el cumplimiento

September 24, 2021November 23, 2021 /Leave a comment

Céteris páribus» es una frase que usan los economistas cuando se analiza una variable económica, aislando la incidencia que puede tener de otras en una misma ecuación. Algo similar está ocurriendo por parte de algunos analistas cuando opinan sobre el lavado de activos al referirse...

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Compliance, World Digest

Sun Tzu and the Art of Due Diligence

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

Anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF) and counter-proliferation financing (CPF) frameworks are recognized as key weapons in the global fight against crime, whether it be the war on drugs or the war on terror. Financial institutions (FIs) and designated nonfinancial businesses and persons (DNFBPs)...

Europe Express, World Digest

Forced Labour: Five Key Financial Risk Indicators

August 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

When walking along the Seine in Paris, one can see drawings on a wall depicting unusual icons. What appear to be children’s drawings at first are actually images representing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by UN member states in 2015. These ambitious and...

AML Policy, World Digest

Sanctions Busting—The Reaction to Sanctions Imposed by Regulators

June 30, 2021October 15, 2021 /Leave a comment

There have been many articles and papers published on sanctions that have covered why sanctions exist, the aim of sanctions, the various sanctions regimes of different bodies and countries, how to implement sanctions controls, how to perform efficient screening, the results of failing to perform...

Europe Express, World Digest

EMEA Roundup: Summer Updates From the ACAMS EMEA Team

June 14, 2021June 25, 2021 /Leave a comment

In the aftermath of Brexit and with a third wave of COVID-19 sweeping through Europe at the time of publication, the anti-financial crime (AFC) community continues to face increased pressure to become more effective and respond swiftly to emerging threats, and the expectations of...

ACAMS Conexión, Acceso LatAm, Español, World Digest

Evaluaciones Mutuas Señalan la Falta de un Registro Único a Nivel Nacional

March 2, 2021July 13, 2021 /Leave a comment

En el combate contra el lavado de dinero y financiamiento al terrorismo, la mayoría de los países han demostrado un nivel adecuado de cumplimiento implementado normas a seguir en sus programas nacionales y en sus marcos regulatorios. No obstante, a la hora de ejecutar...

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ACAMS Today

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

Human Trafficking: The Link to Child Sexual Exploitation

Yaron Hazan: Putting a Dent in the Human Trafficking Trade

Understanding the Rise of DeFi and “DeCrime,” With Tom Robinson

Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place

Community Bank and Cryptocurrency Customers

La COVID-19 et l’exploitation sexuelle des enfants en ligne

World Digest

La COVID-19 et l’exploitation sexuelle des enfants en ligne

Central Bank Digital Currency Launched with AML Controls in Place

From FinCEN Files to Cryptocurrency: The Next Criminal Battleground

AML: The Biometric Solution for Crypto

Desmitificando el lavado de activos y el cumplimiento

Sun Tzu and the Art of Due Diligence

Forced Labour: Five Key Financial Risk Indicators

Sanctions Busting—The Reaction to Sanctions Imposed by Regulators

EMEA Roundup: Summer Updates From the ACAMS EMEA Team

Evaluaciones Mutuas Señalan la Falta de un Registro Único a Nivel Nacional