June 2011 – August 2011 Archives - Page 2 of 4

ACAMS South Africa Chapter—News and Updates

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

Meet Our Board Members: Roy Melnick, CAMSCo-Chair Roy's career was initially in Law Enforcement as a senior manager in the commercial branch of the South African Police Service investigating specialized Financial Crime Investigations. He was seconded to the Nel Commission of Inquiry which was tasked...

Canada Chapter, June 2011 – August 2011, Know Your Chapter

Canadian ACAMS Chapter Event: Latest Regulatory Trends

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

Keeping up-to-date on the latest regulatory trends was the focus of a dynamic lunch-and-learn presentation organized by the ACAMS Canadian Chapter and attended by 200 AML professionals in Toronto in February 2011. More than 200 AML professionals came together at a session located at RBC...

June 2011 – August 2011, Know Your Chapter, South Florida Chapter

South Florida Chapter—Advancing Professional Knowledge

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS South Florida Chapter has been hard at work in the first quarter of 2011! Continuing to pursue its mission to advance the professional knowledge, skills and experience of those dedicated to the detection and prevention of money laundering, the chapter keeps providing its...

June 2011 – August 2011, Know Your Chapter, New York Chapter

ACAMS New York Chapter

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS New York Chapter began 2011 with two impressive evening learning events and its very first full-day learning event! The first was an in-depth look into cybercrime hosted at Brown Brothers Harriman on February 17. Cybercrime in the Financial Services Industry was moderated by...

June 2011 – August 2011, Know Your Chapter

New Chapter Steering Committee to Support Chapter Formation and Growth

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

The growth of ACAMS Chapters worldwide is increasing significantly. This growth highlights the need for information and guidance to ensure new and existing chapter success. In recognition of this need, ACAMS leadership created the Chapter Steering Committee in January of 2011. The Committee's mission is...

Aspects of APAC, June 2011 – August 2011

Aspects of Asia

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

Aspects of Asia is a new section in the ACAMS Today that will focus on AML/CTF developments and challenges encountered in the Asia region. In the last five years, all new full membership members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) have come from the...

AFC Policy, June 2011 – August 2011

The Death of Osama bin Laden and Our Fight Against Terrorist Financing

August 29, 2011May 28, 2015 /Leave a comment

On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama informed America and the world that Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist al Qaeda network, had been killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The stunning announcement marked the most important accomplishment in the United States' efforts to combat global...

June 2011 – August 2011, Regulatory Initiatives

Summary of Egmont Group Enterprise-Wide STR Sharing White Paper

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /Leave a comment

On February 3, 2011, the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) published "Enterprise-wide STR Sharing: Issues and Approaches," a white paper on the sharing of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) by financial institutions that operate in multiple jurisdictions. The paper notes that it is important...

Career Guidance, June 2011 – August 2011

AML Skills as Part of an Integrity Management Program

August 29, 2011April 10, 2015 /1 Comment

Financial institutions are now recognizing that the skills developed to fight money laundering can be applied in a much broader arena. Articles and seminars offered by ACAMS have described the benefits of combining or coordinating an institution's AML program with fraud prevention. The ability to...

Global Financial Crime Review, June 2011 – August 2011

Fighting Money Laundering and Fraud—A Zambian Perspective

August 29, 2011May 8, 2015 /Leave a comment

In a Zambian context, "Financial Institution" is any legal entity registered by the Patents and Company Registration Agency (PACRA) and licensed and regulated by the Pensions and Insurance Authority and, for Commercial Banks, by the Central Bank of Zambia–BOZ. The Banking and Financial Services Act...

ACAMS Today

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

Russia’s Hope of Ice Hockey Glory Buried Under Sanctions

Trade Finance Risk and Controls

Is It “Groundhog Day” for Digital Assets?

The Rise of Real Estate Money Laundering

Choppy Waters: Negotiating the Complexities of Sanctions Due Diligence in an Uncertain World

The BSA Tractor

June 2011 – August 2011

ACAMS South Africa Chapter—News and Updates

Canadian ACAMS Chapter Event: Latest Regulatory Trends

South Florida Chapter—Advancing Professional Knowledge

ACAMS New York Chapter

New Chapter Steering Committee to Support Chapter Formation and Growth

Aspects of Asia

The Death of Osama bin Laden and Our Fight Against Terrorist Financing

Summary of Egmont Group Enterprise-Wide STR Sharing White Paper

AML Skills as Part of an Integrity Management Program

Fighting Money Laundering and Fraud—A Zambian Perspective