June – August 2017 – ACAMS Today

June – August 2017, Member Spotlight

Christine Miller, CAMS—Millbury, MA, USA

June 10, 2017August 15, 2017 /Leave a comment

Christine Miller’s banking career spans over 30 years. She has always been passionate about compliance and has worked independently to develop her knowledge and skills in the compliance field. As a compliance officer at her previous company, she utilized her passion and compliance knowledge to...

June – August 2017, Member Spotlight

Scott DeRycke, MBA, CAMS—Mahomet, IL

June 9, 2017July 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

Born and raised on a family farm in Central Illinois, Scott DeRycke graduated from Illinois State University in 2006 with a degree in criminal justice. In 2012, he graduated from Utica College with an MBA in economic crime and fraud management. He received his CAMS...

June – August 2017, Member Spotlight

Allan Clare, CAMS, FCII, FCILA, CFE, Dip (Fin.Crime), MICA—Birmingham, U.K.

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 /Leave a comment

Allan Clare has held a number of anti-fraud, financial crime compliance and risk management leadership roles with the U.K. and global financial institutions. Clare is currently the head of financial crime compliance at HSBC U.K., the newly created ring-fenced bank, formed to comply with the...

Interviews, June – August 2017

Joann Alicea: The Fight Against Human Trafficking/Smuggling Continues

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 /1 Comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Joann Alicea, CFCI, senior compliance officer at JPMorgan Chase, to discuss the horrific offenses of human trafficking (HT) and human smuggling (HS), and how the public and private sectors can work together to effect positive change and help shape the...

Compliance, June – August 2017, Special for the Web

Islamic Terrorism from a Risk Perspective

June 9, 2017June 26, 2017 /Leave a comment

Governments, through their intelligence and law enforcement agencies, assess and prepare for terrorist activity based on the level of the risk or physical threat that terrorism presents. To address the risk or the threat, you have to understand the risk or the threat. Understanding the...

AML Challenges, June – August 2017

The Human Side of Cyber Risk

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 /Leave a comment

Spend time with retired four-star General James Jones and you will likely hear his ominous bifurcation of “those companies that have been a target of a cyberattack, and those that will be.” As former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President and Commandant of the...

June – August 2017, The MENA Report

Beyond Dedication: AML Professionals in Yemen

June 9, 2017 /Leave a comment

With each new batch of CAMS candidates that complete the live CAMS training program in Arabic led by ACAMS’ training partner, Value for Training and Consultancy (VTC), Khaled Alqubati, the company’s general manager looks forward to receiving the CAMS results. As each of the...

Interviews, June – August 2017, The MENA Report

Dr. Ali Muhsin Ismail: The Iraqi Financial System

June 9, 2017August 8, 2017 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ali Muhsin Ismail, governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), to discuss how the CBI has been enhancing the Iraqi financial system. Dr. Ismail has worked for more than three decades in Iraq, Kuwait and...

June – August 2017, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Kieran Beer, CAMS: Telling the Important Story

June 9, 2017 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Kieran Beer, CAMS, editor-in-chief and editorial director of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, about financial journalism, what challenges financial crime prevention professionals will face in 2017 and one of his favorite quotes. Beer joined Fortent in May 2006 to launch a new compliance...

Community Banking Corner, June – August 2017

Community Banking Corner

June 9, 2017January 30, 2018 /Leave a comment

Community Banking Corner is a new ACAMS Today section that will provide useful tips for Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) professionals in community banks to help them in their day-to-day jobs. The Community Banking Corner will focus on all aspects of BSA/AML from de-risking and...

ACAMS Today

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

Protecting the Elderly from Financial Abuse with Elizabeth Loewy

The Rising Menace of Elder Financial Abuse

Counterfeit Jewelry—Spotting a Fake

Legal Restitution as a Financial Intelligence Methodology

Dynamic Dialogue: The Ops Plan of a Successful Interview

June – August 2017

Christine Miller, CAMS—Millbury, MA, USA

Scott DeRycke, MBA, CAMS—Mahomet, IL

Allan Clare, CAMS, FCII, FCILA, CFE, Dip (Fin.Crime), MICA—Birmingham, U.K.

Joann Alicea: The Fight Against Human Trafficking/Smuggling Continues

Islamic Terrorism from a Risk Perspective

The Human Side of Cyber Risk

Beyond Dedication: AML Professionals in Yemen

Dr. Ali Muhsin Ismail: The Iraqi Financial System

Kieran Beer, CAMS: Telling the Important Story

Community Banking Corner