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Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Financial Investigations and Confiscation in Fighting Crime

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Huione Group and the Rise of a Financial Crime Superhub

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

Offshore Trust Structures and Feeder Fund Mechanisms

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

One and Done: Ending the Supplemental SAR Assembly Line

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

Next-Generation Financial Crime Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments

The Critical Role AFC Professionals Can Play in Sustainable Development

The Critical Role AFC Professionals Can Play in Sustainable Development

March – May 2018

March – May 2018, Member Spotlight

Scott Karem, CAMS—Louisville, KY, USA

March 23, 2018May 2, 2018 /Leave a comment
Scott Karem began his career in military law enforcement after graduating from the University of Louisville in 1995. After leaving the service, Karem began working in the banking industry with JPMorgan Chase. Karem served in numerous leadership positions and left JPMorgan Global Wealth Management as...
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March – May 2018, Member Spotlight

Dominic Hurtubise, CAMS—Montreal, Canada

March 22, 2018April 4, 2018 /Leave a comment
Dominic Hurtubise joined Desjardins Group (the largest cooperative financial group in Canada) in 2014. As a compliance director, he is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the surveillance systems related to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. Before joining Desjardins Group, Hurtubise worked at...
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March – May 2018, Member Spotlight

Mustapha Bouzizoua—Paris, France

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment
Mustapha Bouzizoua joined HSBC Private Bank (France) in 2014. He is a financial crimes compliance officer (focusing on anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing [AML/CTF], sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption) within the HSBC Private Bank (France), which provides a wide range of wealth management products and services for...
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Europe, March – May 2018, Meet the ACAMS Staff

David Sanchez Lopez: AML Challenges in France

March 20, 2018 /2 Comments
ACAMS Today spoke with David Sanchez Lopez, ACAMS’ European account manager, about how the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry has evolved in Europe and the challenges professionals in this industry are facing in France. Sanchez Lopez joined ACAMS in 2015 to lead the development of ACAMS...
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AFC Challenges, March – May 2018

Reputationally Exposed Persons and Corruption Risk

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment
Most institutions are familiar with politically exposed persons (PEPs), but fewer organizations have formalized policies around a broader risk category of reputationally exposed persons (REPs). REPs may have connections to the political world, government contracts or commercial activity and may be at risk for...
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Local Corruption
Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, March – May 2018

Politically Exposed Persons Policy vs. Local Corruption

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment
The politically exposed persons (PEPs) issue is a recurrent theme for the compliance community. Let us get straight to the point: In the ever-growing scope of a compliance officer’s duties, the subject comes as often as a pain in the neck. First, it seems very...
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Community Banking Corner, March – May 2018

Community Bankers and Human Trafficking

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment
So much has been published recently about human trafficking, which is a heinous crime that all of us must come together to help eliminate as best we can. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines human trafficking as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring...
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March – May 2018, Where has your ACAMS Today been?

Where has your ACAMS Today been? Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment
On February 2, 2018, ACAMS participated in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, an education program in the U.S., Canada and Australia where parents take their children to work for one day. This year, ACAMS hosted activities for these 14-young-future professionals. Activities included...
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Compliance, March – May 2018

Lawyers, Drugs and Money: AML in Popular Media

March 20, 2018March 21, 2018 /Leave a comment
Spoiler alert: This article gives away plot details. In addition, some quotes have been streamlined and language made appropriate. Anti-money laundering (AML) professionals should ponder the many places where money laundering appears in television and movies. Real-world case studies based on indictments and press releases...
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Career Guidance, In Focus, March – May 2018, Tech Scope

AI Uprising: Is my job at risk?

March 20, 2018February 15, 2022 /1 Comment
As a senior leader within my organization, I am always thinking about ways to keep my practice and business in growth mode. After the Great Recession, I made it my mission to make my team’s business model as recession-proof as possible. However, after a few...
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