David Stewart: Compliance After the "New Normal"
In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne interviews David Stewart, Director, Financial Services Industry, Fraud & Security Intelligence Practice for SAS Institute Inc. David has spent many years in the AML/Financial Crime space and his insight is sought by many in our community.
Sara Crowe: Human Trafficking Issues During the Pandemic
In this episode of AML Conversations, John sits down with Sara Crowe, Strategic Initiatives Director, Financial Systems for the Polaris Project. Sara leads Polaris’s efforts to partner with the financial services industry to implement a comprehensive and industry-wide strategy to intervene in the crime of human trafficking. This initiative aims to 1) disrupt human trafficking businesses on a global scale by using existing financial system structures and processes (such as anti-money laundering and economic sanctions frameworks) to decrease the profitability of sex and labor trafficking while increasing the risk to traffickers; 2) shift financing practices to reward businesses with good labor conditions; and 3) bolster financial resiliency of vulnerable populations and trafficking survivors through financial inclusion initiatives.
David Briggs: Challenges with Geolocation data
In this episode of AML Conversations, John sits down with David Briggs, CEO and Co-Founder of GeoGuard and GeoComply. Beyond IP, the role of geolocation data is combating AML and fraud. John and David 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.
Law Enforcement Cases & The Significant Impact of BSA Filings
Welcome to This Week in AML - the weekly podcast series hosted by AML RightSource staff for financial crimes professionals. Each week we will discuss one specific topic relevant in the Financial Crimes compliance space.
Greg Monahan & Chris Janczewski: IRSCI on Cybercrime
In the second episode of our AML Conversations series with members of IRSCI, John Byrne sits down with Greg Monahan, IRS Supervisory Special Agent of the Cyber Crimes Unit and Chris Janczewski, IRS Special Agent in the Pittsburgh office.
Sanctioning Global White Supremacist Groups
Welcome to This Week in AML - the weekly podcast series hosted by AML RightSource staff for financial crimes professionals. Each week we will discuss one specific topic relevant in the Financial Crimes compliance space.
AML Conversations: Steve Gurdak - The importance of SAR narratives
In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Steve Gurdak, Group Supervisory of the Northern Virginia Financial Initiative, to discuss the work of his SAR Review team, the importance of law enforcement collaboration when working SARS, and the value of effective SAR narratives.
AML Conversations: The Economics Of Violence - An interview with Gary Shiffman
In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Gary Shiffman, Founder and CEO of Giant Oak and professor at Georgetown University, to discuss his recent publication, “The Economics of Violence.” Shiffman explains how social science can be used to improve national security strategies and gives his views on how to address true AML reform.
AML Conversations: Chip Poncy - The Upgraded US FATF Status
Welcome back to another episode of AML Conversations. With the recent upgrade to the US evaluation by FATF because of the 2018 CDD rule, there has been a debate on the appropriateness of the rating given other areas of concern. Today, John Byrne and Chip Poncy, former FATF lead from the US, discuss the criticism, and Chip offers insight into FATF, their processes and where the US stacks up with their counterparts.
