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This week, John and Elliot discuss the UNODC’s technical policy brief on the expanding activity of Asian crime syndicates, a policy brief on high-level corruption from Project FALCON, a blog post from the FACT Coalition how high gold prices are fueling guerilla warfare in Columbia, the NCA’s effort in 2024 to interdict fraud and its focus on online fraud involving AI, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

Nasdaq Verafin’s EVP and Head of Financial Crime Technology, Stephanie Champion, discusses their 2024 Global Crime Report, highlighting the key concerns of AML professionals and how to approach the need for action.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the SEC’s statement on offerings and registrations of securities in the crypto asset markets, the UK requirement for identity verification for corporate directors and controlling owners, FinCEN’s renewal of geographic targeting orders relating to residential real estate, FCA’s updated Financial Crime Guide, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

This week, John and Elliot discuss FinCEN’s Financial Trend Analysis, on fentanyl-related illicit finance, the OCC’s disclosure of an email breach, the Department of Justice’s announcement of a change in focus of its policy on prosecuting crypto crime, the fines against Revolut Bank, the increase in real estate by oligarchs in New York, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

John Tobon sits down with us and discusses his over 30-year career battling financial crime at US Customs and HSI.

This week, John and Elliot discuss Transparency International’s Opacity in Real Estate Ownership Index, FinCEN’s alert on bulk cash smuggling by Mexican cartels, IRS-CI’s release of 2024 BSA metrics, and its CI-FIRST initiative, Congressional hearings by a House Financial Services subcommittee, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

Alison K. Jimenez, President of Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc., and Steven Kemmerling, Founder & CEO of CRB Monitor, discuss the value of AML analytics in AML/CTF compliance.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the OCC’s announcement that national banks will no longer be examined for reputational risk, an FTC report on the growth of payment fraud, a report from the University of Trier in Germany showing that money laundering directly causes an increase in housing prices, the decision to stop funding a national database tracking domestic terrorism, hate crimes and school shootings, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the 2024 Annual Report from ICIJ, OCCRP’s reporting on the UK’s enhanced enforcement activities, FATF’s Second Public Consultation on Recommendation 16, the Basel Institute on Governance’s Project Falcon, the New Zealand national risk assessment, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

Hanjo Seibert, a Managing Director of BCG, outlines the importance of technology in compliance and compliance itself to address fraud in 2025.

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Elliot Berman, AML RightSource Marketing Advisor, sits down with Senior Analyst Diane Dylinski to discuss her experience writing a blog article which was later published on the firm’s website. Elliot and Diane guide the listeners through the guest authorship process from topic approval to content editing and final publication. Diane also shares her thoughts on earning AML University credits as well as the rewarding sense of accomplishment as an AMLRS published author.

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In this edition of AML RightSource Voices, we're exploring the impact of cannabis legalization on financial institutions (FI). What has changed? What hasn’t? And what can FIs do? Chuck Taylor, AML RightSource’s Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Crimes Advisory and Elliot Berman, AML RightSource’s AML/BSA Thought Leader will discuss the current state of law and regulation of FI activities with participants in the cannabis and hemp industries, possible changes in the landscape, and how some FIs are interacting with this customer segment today.

In this episode of We Are Our Heroes, Chelsea Robbins and Joe McNamara sit down with Coletun Long and Chad Squires, both of whom have successfully completed their advanced CAMS certification in Financial Crimes Investigation. During their discussion, Coletun and Chad walk through the decision and execution processes that lead them to pursuing and attaining their advanced certifications. The crew also talks about opportunities in the industry, the culture at AML RightSource, and more!

Marilu Jimenez sits down with Andy Fernandez, partner at Holland & Knight an a leading expert in sanctions compliance. The sanctions regime has become increasingly more complex. We discussed the recent guidance OFAC issued in the summer on culture. Also, two particular types of sanctions were discussed which are extremely relevant in the US and Latin American markets: the rollback of the general licenses related to Cuba and the complexity of the Venezuelan sanctions.

Self-Awareness is like the crust of a tasty quiche. The crust, prepared separately, serves as the foundation within which all other ingredients reside. Just like a tasty quiche, Emotional Intelligence has a ‘crust’ or foundation called Self-Awareness on which all other competencies are developed. This podcast discusses Self-Awareness in more detail plus provides a framework for intentional discovery.

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Steve Gurdak, Group Supervisory of the Northern Virginia Financial Initiative discusses the work of his SAR Review team, the importance of law enforcement collaboration when working SARS and the importance of SAR narratives.

Beyond IP, the role of geolocation data in combating AML and fraud. John Byrne sits down with David Briggs, CEO and Co-Founder of GeoGuard and GeoComply, to discuss the limitations of IP addresses and the role that advanced geolocation data can play in AML and in fighting other types of financial fraud, FinCEN’s recent guidance on encouraging innovative responses to COVID-19 fraud, and how to improve the BSA/AML data analysis infrastructure.