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Terry Forliti: Empowering Human Trafficking Survivors

March 8, 2018March 12, 2018 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke with Terry Forliti, executive director of Breaking Free, about her human trafficking (HT) story and her work empowering trafficking victims. Breaking Free is a nonprofit organization serving women and girls involved in systems of abuse, exploitation and prostitution/sex trafficking. Forliti is a...

Interviews, Women in AML

Debbie Hitzeroth: Let Your Voice Be Heard

March 8, 2018March 19, 2018 /Leave a comment

Debbie Hitzeroth, CAMS-FCI, is an anti-money laundering (AML) compliance professional with more than 15 years of experience. In her current position as the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance officer for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), she is responsible for all aspects of BSA/AML compliance...

Interviews, Women in AML

Angel Nguyen: Do What You Do Best

March 27, 2017April 7, 2017 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to speak with Angel Nguyen, vice president of the Global Financial Crimes Compliance – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at American Express, where she was part of the re-envisioning and rebuilding of the FIU in 2008, about women in the workplace,...

Interviews, Women in AML

Sande Bayer: Making a Significant Impact in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

March 14, 2017March 27, 2017 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today caught up with Sande Bayer, vice president of payment services and chief risk officer/AML at U.S. Bank, to discuss the prevention of human trafficking, her humanitarian trips to Thailand, and how AML professionals can become involved in eradicating human trafficking. Bayer has over...

Interviews, Women in AML

Hue Dang, CAMS-Audit: AML and International Women’s Day

March 7, 2017March 14, 2017 /Leave a comment

For International Women’s Day, ACAMS Today spoke with Ms. Hue Dang, CAMS-Audit, head of Asia for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) based in Hong Kong, about her career, women in anti-money laundering (AML) and what she is doing to make a difference...

Interviews, March - May 2014, Women in AML

Nancy Saur, CAMS: The Energizing Field of AML

March 10, 2014March 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

Nancy Saur’s career reads like a road map to success—compliance and risk manager for a multi-national company, entrepreneur who co-founded a successful compliance consulting firm, and founder of the Cayman Islands Compliance Association—but she still talks about AML and compliance with the passion and...

March - May 2014, Women in AML

“Connecting the Dots”

March 6, 2014March 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

Connecting the dots were the opening comments and theme for the presentation given by Joy Smith, MP, Government of Canada at the Together Let's Stop Traffick Summit last October in Ottawa, Canada. The Summit was a collaborative, international three-day working conference, FBI National Academy Associates...

March - May 2014, Women in AML

Women in AML: A Beacon to the Community

March 5, 2014March 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

Since the United Nations first celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, 1975, countries and organizations around the globe have joined together to commemorate "the acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their...

March - May 2014, Women in AML

You Can Play a Critical Role in Our Nation’s National Security

March 3, 2014March 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

As a professional in the financial industry, you have the ability to play a key role in our nation's national security. The movies show terrorists, criminals and spies in high-speed chases in dark and dangerous places. However, nearly every one of their actions requires...

Interviews, March - May 2014, Women in AML

Barbara Keller, CAMS: AML—The Mansion Industry

February 27, 2014March 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to speak with Barbara Keller, CAMS who recently retired from Federal service, where she worked at the GAO and ended her Federal career at FinCEN. Barbara I. Keller retired from Federal service in August 2013 and is now an...

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Terry Forliti: Empowering Human Trafficking Survivors

Debbie Hitzeroth: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Angel Nguyen: Do What You Do Best

Sande Bayer: Making a Significant Impact in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Hue Dang, CAMS-Audit: AML and International Women’s Day

Nancy Saur, CAMS: The Energizing Field of AML

“Connecting the Dots”

Women in AML: A Beacon to the Community

You Can Play a Critical Role in Our Nation’s National Security

Barbara Keller, CAMS: AML—The Mansion Industry