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AML Conversations
AML Conversations is dedicated to inform professionals and those interested in anti-money laundering about conversations happening in the government, private sector, and internationally. Throughout the series John Byrne, AML RightSource Vice Chairman, will interview industry experts or participate in live programming or panel discussions related to the industry.
Episodes
AML ConversationsDisrupting Fraud – Stopping the Flow of Funds
US law enforcement agencies recently completed a three-month campaign to disrupt frauds perpetrated by foreign actors. John and Elliot discuss the campaign’s…
AML ConversationsA Conversation with Don Fort
Don Fort, former Chief of IRS - Criminal Investigation Division, Director of Investigations at Kostelanetz LLP, and member of the Advisory Board at AML…
AML ConversationsSanctions Evasion, Sanctions Cooperation, and Other News
John and Elliot explore how intermediaries are helping evade sanctions and bring luxury goods to Russia. They also discuss new cooperation between the sanction…
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State-level Regulation of Crypto and Other News
The New York Attorney General has proposed legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry. The proposal includes provisions protecting investors…
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Treasury’s 2023 De-risking Strategy
The US Treasury has issued its 2023 De-risking Strategy. The report reviews the reasons that banks engage in de-risking and includes recommendations to reduce…
AML ConversationsImpediments to Humanitarian Actions: Challenges and New Models for Access
Experts from InterAction explain the continuing efforts to enhance financial access for humanitarian organizations, including UN Resolution 2664 and the US…
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Making Russia Sanctions More Effective
Sanctions against Russia have been a meaningful part of the support for Ukraine by the United States and the European Union. A significant challenge to the…
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The Art and Antiquities World and How to Address the Myriad of Potential Criminal Activity
Legal Consultant Liz Fraccaro from the Antiquities Coalition joins John Byrne again to cover The Art Market Report 2023 and how to utilize the information to…
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The Wolfsberg Group Updates its Guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption
The Wolfsberg Group has published updated Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programs guidance. John and Elliot discuss critical elements of the guidance…
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Illegal Uses of the Art and Antiquities Markets
UBS and Art Basel recently issued their report, The Art Market 2023. The report includes a discussion of the concerns about the compliance burdens of market…
AML ConversationsInterview with Ryan Wallerstein - Access to FinCrime Information - a New Resource
John Byrne interviews the publisher of the Illicit Edge, Ryan Wallerstein, who shares his career journey from business to the Treasury Department to this new…
AML ConversationsLots To Talk About This Week
Another very busy week in financial crime prevention. John and Elliot discuss several items, including new sanctions, a letter from the House and Senate to…
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One More Busy Week in Financial Crime Compliance
This week the White House hosted the second Summit for Democracy, focusing on reducing corruption and illicit finance. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…
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Where Do Artifacts in Museums Belong?
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has published a story about artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalog linked to…
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Another Busy Week in Financial Crime Compliance
This week the US Department of Justice announced an indictment against seven individuals for a $100 million stolen identity refund scheme. The Office of the…
AML ConversationsAn Interview with Dr Michael Zimmer
Dr. Michael Zimmer, Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society and Associate Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science at Marquette University…
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DOJ's Updated Corporate Enforcement Policy
The US Department of Justice has updated its Corporate Enforcement Policy for criminal activity. John and Elliot discuss some aspects of the voluntary…
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An Interview with Liz Fraccaro – The Antiquities Coalition
Liz Fraccaro, Attorney and Legal Consultant to the Antiquities Coalition, shares her insight on FATF’s recent report, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing…
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A Plenary and a New Report – Much to Discuss
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held a plenary last week. FATF also issued a report on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and…
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An Interview with Tom Vartanian
How can we improve the cyberworld? One author tells us. We sat down with banking expert Tom Vartanian to discuss his recent book: “The Unhackable Internet: How…
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Sanctions Supporting Ukraine – One Year In
It has been a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the immediate responses to Russia’s action was an ongoing coordinated effort by the US, G7 and…
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A Busy Week in Financial Crime Compliance
John and Elliot discuss several items this week, including a posting by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a comment letter by a…
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Interview with Jim Vivenzio – Enforcement Over the Years
Career agency official back over the progression of financial fraud from the Savings & Loan crisis to today. Jim Vivenzio, now with Perkins Coie LLP, provides…
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The Wolfsberg Group, The European Banking Authority, And De - Risking
The Wolfsberg Group and the Institute of International Finance have issued a joint comment letter to the European Banking Authority on de-risking. John and…
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A Conversation with Jim Lee – Chief, IRS CI
Chief of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Division (IRSCI) Jim Lee details the 2022 results of his “BSA Challenge” to his staff. The Challenge explores…
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2022 Corruption Perceptions Index Released – Things are Still Not Improving
This week Transparency International released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI uses a number of criteria to evaluate the status of…
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What Do A Retired FBI Agent And Real Estate Have In Common?
his week a retired senior FBI agent Charles McGonigal was arrested on charges of money laundering and violating US sanctions. Also this week, the Financial…
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Human Smuggling Along the US Southwest Boarder – A FinCEN Alert
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert focused on human smuggling along the southwest board of the US. John and Elliot review the…
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Eurasia Group’s Top Risks for 2023
The Eurasia Group, a consultancy focusing on political risk, has published its Top Risks - 2023. John and Elliot look at the purpose of the report and how it…
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US Banking Agencies Increase Their Focus on Crypto-Assets
The primary US bank regulators - the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC - issued a joint statement on crypto-asset risks to banking organizations. The statement…
AML ConversationsFATF Updates its Guidance on the Real Estate Sector (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on July 29, 2022. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently issued updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to the Real…
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Basel AML Index 2022 – Moving Backward (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on October 7, 2022. This week, the Basel Institute on Governance published its 2022 AML Index. The index assesses countries’…
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Danske Bank – Why Correspondent Banking Can Be High Risk
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have announced resolution of charges against Danske Bank. The Bank pled guilty to fraud…
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National Security and Homeland Security
It has been a busy week for US government pronouncements on national security and terrorism. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security gave a speech…
AML ConversationsKleptocracy and the challenges of investigations
Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent on the International Corruption Unit Debra LaPrevotte discusses her career work investigating global corruption and its…
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The Impact of Corruption on Democracy
The White House has published a Fact Sheet: Summit for Democracy: Progress in the Year of Action. It discusses activities taken since the first Summit for…
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FinCEN’s New Advisory on Elder Financial Exploitation (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on June 17, 2022. FinCEN has issued updated guidance on Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE). The new Advisory looks at the…
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FinTechs & Banks – Balancing Innovation and Competition
This week The US Treasury issued a report, Assessing the Impact of New Entrant Non-bank Firms on Competition in Consumer Finance Markets. The report examines…
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New Sanctions on Internet Suppliers of Fentanyl
The US Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have announced new sanctions against a number of individuals and entities involved in supplying…
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FinCEN Updates its Analysis of Ransomware Trends for Late 2021
The Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its Ransomware Trends for the second half of 2021. John and Elliot look at the process that FinCEN…
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A Conversation with Kateryna Boguslavska
Kateryna Boguslavska, PhD, Project Manager Basel AML Index at the Basel Institute on Governance, discusses the 2022 AML Index and some examples of recent…
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Nonprofits Experience Significant Difficulties Transferring Funds for Humanitarian Activities
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has released a report on Mitigating Financial Access Challenges. The report focuses on ways to overcome the…
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A Conversation with Nicolas Choules-Burbidge
AMLRS Advisory Board Member Nicolas Choules-Burbidge, formerly a senior executive at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) in…
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Interview with Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman, NY Times Best Selling Author of nine books and author of a new book, “The Last Folk Hero” about Bo Jackson, discusses the recent fraud in…
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Interview with Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman, NY Times Best Selling Author of nine books and author of a new book, “The Last Folk Hero” about Bo Jackson, discusses the recent fraud in…
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Homeland Security Launches Operation Boiling Point
Homeland Security Investigations has launched Operation Boiling Point an initiative to curb organized retail crime and cargo theft. The effort brings together…
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AML Compliance for Start-ups – Bittrex
This week the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued enforcement actions against Bittrex, Inc., a…
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Basel AML Index 2022 – Moving Backward
This week, the Basel Institute on Governance published its 2022 AML Index. The index assesses countries’ money laundering and terrorist financing risks and…
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Can I Send a Remittance to Cuba?
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued updated FAQs clarifying the regulations about people in the US sending electronic remittances to Cuba…
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Another Busy Week in AML
John and Elliot discuss several topics from this week: a recent ProPublica article on human traffickers forcing victims into cyberscamming, recent releases…
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The Impacts Of De-Risking On The Caribbean
The US House Financial Services Committee held a hearing this week on the availability of financial services in the Caribbean region. The hearing included…
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A Discussion with Jenni Halleran
Jenni Halleran, the Head of Financial Crimes Investigations at Silicon Valley Bank, discusses her career path, growing up in a blue collar town, and deciding…
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Chief Security Officers need to be more proactive on issues of national security
Mark Freedman, CEO / Founder of Rebel Global Security and former Chief of Section in the Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the US State Department discusses the need…
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Disrupting The Financing Of Domestic Terrorism
A recent essay on Lawfare caught John and Elliot’s attention. The authors reviewed the costs and funding sources of the January 6th insurrection and paths to…
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A discussion with Guy Ficco, the newly appointed Deputy Cheif of IRS-CI
Guy Ficco, Deputy Chief of IRS-Criminal Investigation, joins us to discuss his new role, the vast coverage of financial crime by the IRS, the importance of…
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GAO Calls for More Information on How SARs are Used
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report to Congress. The report focused on how the US Department of Justice is complying with…
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A Discussion With John M. Geiringer About His Newly Published Book
John Byrne chats with John M. Geiringer, of Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group, about the new book he edited and co-authored, Countering the…
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Ramifications of the Public Attacks on the FBI by Elected Officials
Dennis Lormel, President of the Society of Former Agents of the FBI, discusses the ramifications of the public attacks on the FBI by elected officials in…
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The Wolfsberg Group Gives Guidance on Requests for Information in AML Transaction Monitoring
The Wolfsberg Group, an association of 13 global banks, this week issued a guidance document on requests for information (RFI). The focus of the guidance is…
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A Look into the IRS with Former Head of IRS CI
There have been outrageous comments made by “policymakers” about the IRS since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. AMLRS Chairman of the Advisory Board…