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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 ConversationsFederal Reserve Issues Guidance on Crypto Activities
The Federal Reserve has issued additional information for banking organizations about crypto-asset-related activities. It is contained in Supervisory Letter SR…
AML ConversationsAsset Forfeiture Global Expert Stef Cassella
Asset Forfeiture Global Expert Stef Cassella returns to AML Conversations to discuss civil and criminal forfeiture. He explains how it's used, common…
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Fraud Schemes Just Keep Coming.
The US Department of Justice has announced that a federal grand jury has indicted representatives of Electronic Transactions Systems Corporation, a payment…
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Should Russia be Designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism?
John and Elliot chat about an interesting Op/Ed piece that appeared in The Washington Post this week. The author, an expert in international law, examined the…
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A Discussion with Kit Conklin
Kit Conkin, VP at Kharon and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council discusses the recent “joint alert” between the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…
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FATF Updates its Guidance on the Real Estate Sector
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently issued updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to the Real Estate Sector. The updated guidance focuses on…
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A Discussion with Kent Belasco
John discusses with Kent Belasco, the Director of Marquette University’s Commercial Banking Program, a recent project with a microfinance organization to…
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A Discussion with Alan Ketley
Alan Ketley, the new Executive Secretary of the Wolfsberg Group discusses the mission of the group, their focus on a variety of AML related topics…
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FATF Works to Balance Data Sharing and Privacy
FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) has issued a report: Partnering in the Fight Against Financial Crime – Data Protection, Technology and Private Sector…
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A Discussion with Rob Triano
Rob Triano of CipherTrace discusses his career move from traditional banking to the Federal Reserve to CipherTrace and addressing the unique challenges of the…
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Latest on the ENABLERS Act
The US House of Representatives is acting on proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, including the ENABLERS Act. John and Elliot discuss…
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FATF Priorities for 2022-2024
The presidency of the Financial Action Task Force has recently transferred to Singapore and the new president has issued the organizational priorities for the…
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Is it Time for the ENABLERS Act?
A bi-partisan group from the US Congress has attached the ENABLERS Act to the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The ENABLERS Act would bring a…
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A Discussion with Tom Vartanian
Tom Vartanian, the Executive Director of the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center discussed the ongoing problems with cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and…
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Crypto, NFTs, and Decentralized Finance
John interviewed Michael Lee, IRSCI Supervisory Special Agent, Western Cyber Crime Unit, on crypto, NFTs and Decentralized Finance.
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FinCEN and The Independent ATM Operators
FinCEN has issued a Statement on Bank Secrecy Act Due Diligence for Independent ATM Owners or Operators, focusing on the analysis that financial service…
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FinCEN’s New Advisory on Elder Financial Exploitation
FinCEN has issued updated guidance on Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE). The new Advisory looks at the increasing volume of thefts and scams targeted at the…
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DHS Updates the Terrorism Threat to the US
This week the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin, updating its assessment of the terrorism threat to the US. In the bulletin DHS reaffirms that…
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Latest Views of the OCC on Cryptocurrency
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu recently spoke at the DC Blockchain Summit 2022 about the state of the virtual currency space. In his remarks he…
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De-risking is A Broader Issue than Just Non-Profits
This week, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to President Biden about financial access for…
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An interview with the former FinCEN Deputy Director
John Byrne sits down with former FinCEN Deputy Director, Jamal El-Hindi and now Counsel with Clifford Chance. The two discuss AML challenges with new…
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US Tops Financial Secrecy Index
The Tax Justice Network has released its Financial Secrecy Index 2022. The Index “identifies the world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy” with the US…
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Is London the Capitol of Dirty Capital?
The UK has become a haven for rich Russians. The lax approach to regulation has allowed money laundering to flourish. Recent government action in response to…
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HSI – Cornerstone Outreach
Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Outreach Initiative – Cornerstone recently shared information about the rising level of organized retail crime (ORC)…
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UAE Continues to Offer Safe Haven to Bad Actors
The International Consortium of Investigation Journalists (ICIJ) recently shared documents with The Irish Times about the Kinahan organized crime cartel. The…
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FinCEN Issues Guidance on Kleptocracies and Foreign Corruption
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued guidance about kleptocracies and foreign corruption. The guidance includes insights into…
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How financial institutions can help prevent human trafficking
For this episode of our AML Conversations podcast, we sit down with Sara Crowe, the strategic initiatives director at Polaris, a non-profit working to end…
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Secretary Yellen Discusses Digital Assets
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke recently at American University about digital assets. The speech look at the intersection of innovation, policy and…
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Cybersecurity Issues Challenging the AML World
John Byrne chats with Brian Szady, Founder of a threat mitigation firm Threatminder, on the various cybersecurity issues challenging the AML world, including…
AML ConversationsThe Pandora Papers - The Gatekeepers
This week The Washington Post and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published another segment of the Pandora Papers. This latest…
AML ConversationsThe Value of National Priorities
In June 2021, FinCEN issued the first National AML/CFT Policy Priorities for the US. John Byrne sat down with Dan Stipano of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to…
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FinCEN Releases New SAR Data
FinCEN has released new Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) data. The data set covers the full years 2014 through 2021. The information looks at SARs filed by all…
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Another Busy Week in Financial Crime Prevention
This week the US Department of Justice indicated that it will begin directing prosecutors to “consider requiring” certification at the end of an enforcement…
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FATF Guidance for the Real Estate Sector
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a 2nd Draft Guidance Paper for consideration and agreement to public consultation for the Real Estate Sector…
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FinCEN: Stay Alert for Sanction Evasion
This week FinCEN issued an alert directing US financial institutions to increase their vigilance in watching for efforts to evade Russian related sanctions…
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What could be the impact of Russian sanctions on the financial crime compliance community?
We sit down with our global sanctions expert Tim White to hear how the financial crime compliance community is impacted following the sanctions against Russia…
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Meet James Lin – AMLRS’s Chief Product & Technology Officer
John Byrne Chairman of the AML RightSource Advisory Board sits down with James Lin, the Company’s new Chief Product & Technology Officer. James discusses his…
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Task Force KleptoCapture
This week the US Department of Justice announced the formation of Task Force KleptoCapture. The Task Force is an “interagency law enforcement task force…
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Ukraine and the Global Sanctions Response
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nations around the world have put sanctions in place against Russia, Russian companies, and Russian nationals…
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National Focus on Human Trafficking
In January the US Department of Justice issued its National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking. This week, a House of Representatives Committee held a…
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US Treasury Meets with NGOs on Activities in Afghanistan
This week Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson spoke with leaders of NGOs active in Afghanistan. The focus of…
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Ken Harvey Joins the AMLRS Board
Advisory Board Chair John Byrne sits down with Ken Harvey to discuss his joining the Board. They chat about Ken’s long career in financial service technology…
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2021 Corruption Perceptions Index Released – Things are Not Improving
his week Transparency International released its 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI uses a number of criteria to evaluate the status of…
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Treasury Dept Issues Review of 2021 Activities
This week the US Treasury issued its Year in Review: Treasury’s Top Accomplishments During Year One of the Biden-Harris Administration. The release looks at a…
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FATF Guidance on Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets and Providers
John Byrne sits down with Jeffrey Alberts of Pryor Cashman LLP and Ari Redbord of TRM Labs to discuss the latest guidance from the Financial Action Task Force…
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FinCEN Director Outlines Transformations in AML Compliance
This week FinCEN’s Acting Director, Him Das, delivered remarks at the ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference. In the speech, he spoke about the shifts…
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1/6/22 – Where Do We Go From Here?
This week was the 1st anniversary of the insurrection at the US Capitol. John and Elliot focus their conversation on what the financial crime compliance…
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The Ramifications of the January 6th 2021 Attacks
Former FBI TFOS Director Dennis Lormel discusses the ramifications of the January 6th 2021 attacks on the US Capital on society and the AML community. Dennis…
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Billions are Hidden in US Real Estate (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on October 15th, 2021. In August 2021, Global Financial Integrity published Acres of Money Laundering – Why U.S. Real Estate is a…
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FATF: Review of Standards on Virtual Assets and Providers (Archive Edition)
The FATF has issued it’s second 12-month review of its revised standards for virtual assets and virtual asset providers. John Byrne, Executive Vice President…
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A Discussion with Kit Conklin
Kit Conklin, Director, Global Client Engagement at kharon.com discusses the importance of understanding and complying with the export control laws, the risks…
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FinCEN Seeks Comments on the Entire BSA
This week FinCEN issued an Request for Information and Comment (RFI) on a Review of Bank Secrecy Act Regulations and Guidance. The RFI asks for comments ways…
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FinCEN Issues Several Proposals on Which You should Comment
This week FinCEN issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Real Estate Transactions and a Notice…
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A Discussion with Jim Lee, the Chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division
In this installment of AML Conversations, John Byrne speaks with Jim Lee, Chief of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, about IRS CI…
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Banking Agencies Looking at Impact of Crypto-Assets
Last week the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset…
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Pandora Papers: Global And Local Financial Secrets (Archive Edition
This episode previously aired on October, 8th 2021. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), The Washington Post and many other news…
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IRS-Criminal Investigation 2021 Annual Report
This week the IRS published the IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report. IRS-CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS. The…
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A Deep Dive with Tom Vartanian Part 02
Tom Vartanian is a former federal banking regulator and law professor. In this two-part podcast, we discuss his views on what caused the various the financial…
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A Deep Dive with Tom Vartanian Part 01
Tom Vartanian is a former federal banking regulator and law professor. In this two-part podcast, we discuss his views on what caused the various the financial…
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Your Sanctions Program is a Key Compliance Issue
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the New York State Department of Financial Services, and the…