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ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Interviews

Matis Mäeker: Starting With a Clean Slate

June 6, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Europe editorial interviewed Matis Mäeker, head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and a member of the MONEYVAL Bureau. Mäeker has been the evaluator and reviewer of many mutual evaluation reports conducted by MONEYVAL. He is also a member of the Estonian...

ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe 2022, Interviews, Women in AFC

Lora von Ploetz: The New Face of Leadership

June 6, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today Europe spoke with Lora von Ploetz, head of a Global Financial Crime Unit focusing on mitigating significant financial crime risks, proactive investigations, analytics and technology. She discusses the impact of Russian sanctions, challenges faced by European anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals and how she...

ACAMS Connection, Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Megan Lundstrom: Human Trafficking Survivor, Crusader and Game Changer

April 28, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Megan Lundstrom, an anti-human trafficking subject-matter expert and survivor, consultant, co-founder and CEO at The Avery Center (TAC). Lundstrom discussed what led to the formation of TAC, her personal human trafficking (HT) experience and...

ACAMS Connection, Interviews, March - May 2022

Kaleidoscopic Compliance: How DEI Became an ACAMS Priority

March 17, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

It may be old saw to say it, but it is true: diversity is a strength in anti-financial crime (AFC) compliance. For ACAMS, it is also a priority, thanks to the work headed by Lashvinder Kaur, vice president of global strategic communications, who in 2020...

ACAMS Connection, Interviews, Women in AFC

Delicia Speller: Breaking the Bias through Subject Matter Expertise

March 8, 2022February 2, 2023 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Delicia Speller, a 13-year FBI veteran, for International Women’s Day 2022. She currently serves as a program manager at the FBI headquarters’ (FBIHQ) Criminal Investigative Division (CID), Balkan Eurasian La Cosa Nostra Organized Crime Unit overseeing...

Interviews, Women in AFC

Sandra Edun-Watler: Breaking the Bias through Involvement

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today interviewed Sandra Edun-Watler for International Women’s Day 2022. Edun-Watler is an attorney-at-law and the head of the Compliance and Reporting Services for Mourant Governance Services in the Cayman Islands, who provides anti-money laundering, automatic exchange of information reporting and compliance officer services. From...

ACAMS Conexión, Entrevista, Español, Interviews

Yaron Hazan: Cómo debilitar la trata de personas

January 18, 2022April 19, 2022 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today dialogó con Yaron Hazan con motivo del Mes Nacional de la Prevención de la Esclavitud y la Trata de Personas. Hazan cuenta con 20 años de diversa y amplia experiencia en investigaciones de delitos financieros. Ademas, cuenta con una vasta experiencia en el antilavado...

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Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews

Yaron Hazan: Putting a Dent in the Human Trafficking Trade

January 11, 2022March 2, 2022 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today chatted with Yaron Hazan for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Hazan has 20 years of diverse and broad experience in financial crimes investigations and vast experience in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF), with extensive knowledge in world class-standards across...

Interviews, Women in AFC

Katharina Weghmann: Try integrity—you’ll like it!

December 17, 2021January 17, 2023 /1 Comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Dr. Katharina Weghmann, a partner in the Forensic & Integrity Services practice and Head of Integrity and Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Forensics Lead at Ernst & Young GmbH (EY Germany). Weghmann and her interdisciplinary team consult clients on their...

ACAMS Conexión, Entrevista, Español, Interviews

Natalie Soto: Apoyándose en la comunidad profesional que lucha contra el crimen financiero

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today dialogó con Natalie Soto con motivo del Mes de la Herencia Hispana. Actualmente Soto es vicepresidenta, asistente de la Ley de Secreto Bancario (BSA, por sus siglas en inglés) en el Pacific Western Bank (PWB). Es miembro activo del programa InfraGard (organización sin...

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