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FinCEN’s Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Policies
ACAMS Connection, AML Policy, Badge Bulletin, Exclusive, Featured Column

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The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the fourth of the series, will...
ACAMS Connection, Exclusive, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Practical Solutions

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Editor’s note: This article is the second of a two-part series on human trafficking typologies and methodology. The first part of this series, “Human Trafficking: Persona-based Typologies and Methodology,”1 re-emphasized the scale of the human trafficking (HT) problem and the key investigation challenges to tackle,...
Machine Learning: A Game-changer in the Fight Against Money Laundering
ACAMS Connection, Exclusive, Practical Solutions

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Financial crime, including money laundering, is an illicit growing industry, and criminals are getting increasingly sophisticated. Financial institutions (FIs) are deeply involved in combating this. In North America alone, they spent a little less than $50 billion on compliance in 2021.1 But banks typically use rule-...
Human Trafficking: Persona-based Typologies and Methodology
ACAMS Connection, Exclusive, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Practical Solutions

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Editor’s note: This article is the first of a two-part series on human trafficking typologies and methodology. Human trafficking (HT) has been widely researched and discussed in different forums and from different perspectives. Most recently, ACAMS Today’s brilliant three-part series, “Understanding Human Trafficking,”1 clarified key...
ACAMS Connection, Exclusive, Global Financial Crime Review

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International trade and trade finance play prominent roles in the economic development of countries. While conventional trade acts as an engine for economic growth and development, sustainable international trade can tackle environmental challenges and prevent the exploitation of natural resources and their criminal use under...