Career Growth: The Importance of Self-training

Training is an often-misunderstood pillar of anti-money laundering (AML) programs. Some practitioners in the AML industry believe the requirement is for the training of all personnel in an organization when the requirement is actually “training for appropriate personnel.” A deeper dive into the regulatory requirement...
Captagon: A Dangerous Pill to Swallow

In early September 2022, Syria’s Ministry of Interior released a video showing dozens of seized hummus bowls. A bowl is subsequently picked up and peeled with a knife, revealing that the bowls were concealing an illicit drug called Captagon. According to the Ministry, pills had...