Europe Express Archives

The Europe Express column features anti-financial crime-related content with a regional focus in Europe from subject-matter experts.

Our regular contributor is Mustapha Bouzizoua, CAMS, VP Financial Crimes Compliance, HSBC Private Banking France, HSBC Continental Europe WPB.

If you would like to contribute to this column or have any topics you would like to suggest, please email editor@acams.org.

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...

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...

AML Policy, Europe Express, Special for the Web

CDD, GDPR and POPIA Regulations: A Compliance Quandrum

February 5, 2021June 1, 2021 /Leave a comment

According to the site Malaphor, quandrum is a word combining ‘quandary’ (dilemma) and ‘conundrum’ (a puzzle).1 When finding a workable solution between customer due diligence (CDD) requirements, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), compliance becomes a...

Europe Express, Exclusive, Understanding AI

AI: The Double-Edged Sword in AML/CTF Compliance

January 27, 2021 /Leave a comment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has enhanced financial services, improved regulatory compliance and more. However, AI poses an equally dangerous threat to ethical governance, data protection and cybersecurity, as well as fundamental human rights. There are over 70 proposed definitions for AI, one of which describes it...

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, Special for the Web

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The EU’s Strategy Toward the Eradication of Human Trafficking

January 8, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment

This article is the third part of a three-part series on the European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework. This article focuses on the creation of the ‘EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016’ as a result of Directive 2011/36/EU. In...

Europe Express, Français, World Digest

Comment ACAMS a propulseur ma carrière

January 6, 2021July 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, Special for the Web

How ACAMS Boosted My Career

January 5, 2021April 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

ACAMS is more than a career booster—it is a personal experience. The days following 9/11, no matter our location, we all felt a lot of things were on the brink of change in this world. In February 2002, my boss asked me to ensure we...

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...

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Nonprofits: Know Your Donor’s Asset Origination

The Nexus Between Ransomware, Cryptocurrency and Money Laundering

Ransomware: The Digital Battleground

Analyzing South Korea’s ‘Nth Room’ Case

Forced Labour: Five Key Financial Risk Indicators

EMEA Roundup: Summer Updates From the ACAMS EMEA Team

CDD, GDPR and POPIA Regulations: A Compliance Quandrum

AI: The Double-Edged Sword in AML/CTF Compliance

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

The European Anti-Human Trafficking Legal and Policy Framework: The EU’s Strategy Toward the Eradication of Human Trafficking

Comment ACAMS a propulseur ma carrière

How ACAMS Boosted My Career

The EU’s 2020 Methodology vs. The FATF Greylist

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