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EMEA Roundup: Summer Updates From the ACAMS EMEA Team

June 14, 2021June 14, 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, 2021March 2, 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 y...

Global Financial Crime Review, World Digest

South Africa’s DNFBPs: Managing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

Whilst South Africa is being assessed against the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) 40 Recommendations for effectiveness in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regimes, it is important to recognize the role of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs). As per the Financial...

Europe Express, Français, World Digest

Diplôme universitaire du chargé de conformité LAB/LFT : Le financement participatif

January 21, 2021March 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

Cet article couvre les travaux de quatre étudiantes de la promotion 2019-2020 du diplôme universitaire de charger de conformité LAB. Un grand merci pour ce travail de qualité ! Le diplôme universitaire du chargé de conformité, spécialité lutte-anti-blanchiment (LAB), proposé par l’Université Paris-Saclay1 en collaboration...

Europe Express, Français, World Digest

Comment ACAMS a Propulseur Ma Carrière

January 6, 2021January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment

Plus que booster une carrière—c’est une expérience personnelle ! Dans les jours qui ont suivi le 11-septembre comme tout le monde et où que vous soyez, nous avons tous senti que beaucoup de choses allaient changer dans ce monde. En février 2002, mon patron m’a...

Europe Express, World Digest

The EU’s 2020 Methodology vs. The FATF Greylist

November 25, 2020 /Leave a comment

During the keynote address at the 2019 ACAMS Annual International AML & Financial Crime Conference―Caribbean, the executive director of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) spoke about the challenges her staff faced when using credit cards to book a hotel while on work-related travel...

Europe Express, World Digest

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The EU’s Anti-Trafficking Directive

October 26, 2020May 19, 2021 /Leave a comment

This article is the second part of a three-part series on the European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework. This article provides an overview of the extensive legal and policy instruments as well as the strategic documents and resources that address human trafficking at the...

Europe Express, World Digest

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The Council of Europe and the EU

September 4, 2020October 20, 2020 /Leave a comment

This article is the first part of a three-part series on the European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework. This article provides an overview of the European anti-human trafficking legal and policy framework by focusing on the Council of Europe and the EU. In addition,...

Europe Express, World Digest

Homeland Calling: Financial Crimes Lessons from the Kosovo War

August 11, 2020 /Leave a comment

When two federal agents visited Florin Krasniqi at his roofing company office in early 1998, they found the type of figure that haunts anti-financial crime professionals. The 33-year-old Krasniqi, with thick black hair and smiling eyes, was on the surface nothing more than an...

Europe Express, World Digest

European Regulators’ View on Technology: Innovation, Caution and Tech-Activism

July 31, 2020October 6, 2020 /Leave a comment

Rumblings at industry roundtables indicate that financial regulators are setting their sights on technology; they are implementing new technology and expect those that they regulate do the same. With the ongoing raft of regulatory messages, guidance, rules and regulation, it can often be hard to...

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World Digest

EMEA Roundup: Summer Updates From the ACAMS EMEA Team

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

South Africa’s DNFBPs: Managing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks

Diplôme universitaire du chargé de conformité LAB/LFT : Le financement participatif

Comment ACAMS a Propulseur Ma Carrière

The EU’s 2020 Methodology vs. The FATF Greylist

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The EU’s Anti-Trafficking Directive

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The Council of Europe and the EU

Homeland Calling: Financial Crimes Lessons from the Kosovo War

European Regulators’ View on Technology: Innovation, Caution and Tech-Activism