Corruption, Trade-Based Crime and the Need for Transparency
Tom Cardamone, the CEO and President of Global Financial Integrity (GFI), discusses the worldwide challenges of preventing illicit financial flows and how beneficial ownership reporting requirements will greatly assist law enforcement as they battle this global scourge.
Tuning and Optimization of Suspicious Activity Monitoring Systems
In this installment of AML Voices, Chuck Taylor, AML RightSource Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Crimes Advisory, Matt Michaud, AML RightSource Senior Vice President, Bob Schuldes, Senior Vice President – BSA/AML/OFAC Officer at Associated Bank, and Scott Nathan, Managing Director, Global Head of Innovation for AML and ERM, at State Street, discuss best practices to tune and optimize transaction monitoring systems. They give practical insights into these processes to help organizations make their systems operate effectively and support a robust AML/BSA program.
The AML Community and Domestic Terrorism
The terrorist attacks by US citizens against Congress and the Capitol on January 6th were the most horrific attacks on US soil since 9/11. We sat down with counter terrorism expert Dennis Lormel and discussed the financial aspects that enabled these attacks and what can be done going forward. There are parallels that Dennis and AML RightSource EVP John Byrne outline and cover in this special episode.
Indicators of Online Child Sexual Abuse
In this installment of AML Voices, John Byrne, AML RightSource Executive Vice President, Sara Crowe, Strategic Initiatives Director, Financial Systems at Polaris, and Angel Nguyen Swift, Head of Conduct Management at Wells Fargo, explore some of the indicators of online sexual abuse. They examine what financial service companies can do through their BSA/AML programs to help stop this element of human trafficking.
Optimizing Efficiency in Correspondent Banking Investigations
Correspondent banking investigations are challenging, because Know Your Customer (KYC) information may not be available for all parties involved in the transactions. An experienced analyst can efficiently separate expected activity from potentially suspicious activity, ensuring time and resources are responsibly allocated. This post defines correspondent banking, summarizes major risk factors, and provides tools for identifying entities lacking KYC information.
SAR Narratives for Reporting Suspected Human Trafficking
In this installment of AML Voices, John Byrne, AML RightSource Executive Vice President, Sara Crowe, Strategic Initiatives Director, Financial Systems – Polaris, and Angel Nguyen Swift, Head of Conduct Management at Wells Fargo, discuss the elements of effective SAR narratives and how to prepare them so they are most useful to law enforcement.
The AML Community List - 2021: What will be Out and In for the Upcoming Year?
I have always enjoyed The Washington Post’s (and I am sure various other publications) list for the next year. The uniqueness is, of course, they eliminate a popular or hot issue with a new one for the next calendar year. To say 2020 was different would be a vast understatement. What was clearly the most chaotic and challenging time for the entire world will, in most cases, sadly stay with us for a long time to come. The following are my (and mine alone) predictions for 2021, which is extremely foolish given what we just went through (and are still dealing with), but limited to AML related issues and themes. As David Letterman would have said, this is only an exhibition, not a competition -- so please, no wagering…
Emerging Trends in Combatting Human Trafficking
In this installment of AML Voices, John Byrne, AML RightSource Executive Vice President, Sara Crowe, Strategic Initiatives Director, Financial Systems – Polaris, and Angel Nguyen Swift, Head of Conduct Management at Wells Fargo, discuss emerging trends in combatting human trafficking. They look at the efforts to have PornHub improve its content moderation practices; the increase in online sexual exploitation during the pandemic; and financial indicators of online child sexual exploitation.
2020—AML Year End Review and What will 2021 Bring?
Ball of Confusion[i] Having been in what we call the AML community for close to 35 years, it was always clear to me that a “year-in-review” is both arbitrary and doesn’t really give you a cohesive sense of themes. However, everyone does it so here goes:
