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June - August 2014, Practical Solutions

Show, Don’t Tell

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

As the leader of a multijurisdictional suspicious activity report (SAR) review team, I read dozens and sometimes hundreds of SARs at a time. Like a programmer reading lines of code, my brain has learned to interpret large swaths of data into pictures or images....

AFC Challenges, June - August 2014

Interstate Funnel Accounts – Raising the Money off the Streets

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

Over the past few years, the money laundering trend known as "interstate funnel accounts" has grown in popularity particularly among drug and alien smuggling organizations. Interstate funnel accounts, or interstate cash accounts, are currently one of the most efficient means for drug and human...

AFC Challenges, September - November 2014, Special for the Web

Charitable Organization Money Transfers—A BSA/AML Compliance Risk

June 9, 2014March 6, 2015

Charitable organizations—whether referred to as a not-for-profit (NFP), or a non-profit organization (NPO)—serve an important role in all societies throughout the world by benefiting social, cultural, educational and religious needs. In the U.S. alone these tax-exempt organizations consist of nearly 1 million public charities...

Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Interviews, June - August 2014

Human Trafficking: If You See Something, Say Something

June 6, 2014October 20, 2022

ACAMS Today spoke with Tonja Marshall, supervisory special agent with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations; Barbara Martinez, assistant United States attorney, chief of the Special Prosecutions Section in the Miami United States Attorney’s Office; and Mr. Carmen Pino, assistant special agent in...

Interviews, June - August 2014

Building a Better Partnership

June 6, 2014March 6, 2015

ACAMS Today spoke with Detective Constable Michael Kelly, Detective Constable Dwayne King and Peter Warrack, director of AML FIU for Bank of Montreal Financial Group, about the importance of partnerships between financial institutions (FIs) and law enforcement (LE) and their experiences in the financial...

AFC Challenges, June - August 2014

More Bumps in the Road for Bitcoin: Is it the end of the beginning?

June 6, 2014October 19, 2015

The speed of change in virtual currency is fast. Articles are written and immediately require revisions. The Wikipedia model for continuously updated posts is perhaps the ideal medium for writing on virtual currencies. This is especially true in the case of Mt. Gox, a...

Compliance, June - August 2014

Postal Inspectors Redouble Efforts to Deter Money Laundering

June 6, 2014March 6, 2015

There is a small agency packing a big punch in the fight against money laundering: Meet the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Agents of USPIS are federal postal inspectors, who form the law enforcement, crime prevention and security arm of the U.S. Postal Service...

Aspects of APAC, June - August 2014

Suspected Breach of Securities Trading Law by Wang, Et Al, of Company A

June 6, 2014March 6, 2015

In March 2012, Bank A filed a report with the anti-money laundering (AML) department of the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (Taiwan’s financial intelligence center) with respect to suspicious transactions. According to the report, the Bank’s customer Zhong XX has been maintaining an account...

June - August 2014, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Cesar Marcelo: Accounting Department

June 6, 2014March 6, 2015

Cesar Marcelo joined the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) as a senior staff accountant in September of 2009 and currently serves as the financial controller. As the financial controller, his responsibilities are to ensure accurate and complete monthly accounting close and preparation...

June - August 2014, Member Spotlight

Benjamin Dusenbery, CAMS—Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

June 6, 2014May 29, 2015

After four years of active duty service in the United States Marine Corps, Dusenbery joined the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in 2002. After being promoted to detective in 2006, he served in various specialty units within the Special Investigations Division including the street level narcotics...

ACAMS Today

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

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Issues

Show, Don’t Tell

Interstate Funnel Accounts – Raising the Money off the Streets

Charitable Organization Money Transfers—A BSA/AML Compliance Risk

Human Trafficking: If You See Something, Say Something

Building a Better Partnership

More Bumps in the Road for Bitcoin: Is it the end of the beginning?

Postal Inspectors Redouble Efforts to Deter Money Laundering

Suspected Breach of Securities Trading Law by Wang, Et Al, of Company A

Cesar Marcelo: Accounting Department

Benjamin Dusenbery, CAMS—Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA