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Bekah Charleston: Turning trauma into empowerment

Bekah Charleston: Turning trauma into empowerment

January 15, 2026 /Leave a comment
Bekah Charleston is a nationally recognized subject-matter expert, executive-level trainer and strategic consultant specializing in trauma-informed systems, workforce education and survivor-informed program design. Her work...
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Cumplimiento: ¿Inversión o gasto para el sujeto obligado?

Cumplimiento: ¿Inversión o gasto para el sujeto obligado?

January 13, 2026 /Leave a comment
El gobierno corporativo es un pilar fundamental para prevenir y gestionar los riesgos asociados al lavado de dinero; su rol es clave para el sujeto obligado porque...
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FATF grey lists Nepal: Potential economic implications

FATF grey lists Nepal: Potential economic implications

January 12, 2026January 13, 2026 /Leave a comment
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), established in 1989, is an intergovernmental organization tasked with developing international standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and...
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The effects of AML guidelines on digital assets

The effects of AML guidelines on digital assets

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 /Leave a comment
The intersection of digital assets and the fintech revolution have restructured the global financial scene. Most financial services providers operate without intermediaries in the form...
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The deepfake dilemma: The rise of synthetic identity threats

The deepfake dilemma: The rise of synthetic identity threats

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 /Leave a comment
The emergence of synthetic identities created by artificial intelligence (AI) signifies a shift in financial crime. Deepfakes, a form of synthetic media, are hyper-realistic alterations...
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The World Cup: A magnet for financial crime

The World Cup: A magnet for financial crime

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment
When the FIFA World Cup starts, the world comes together in celebration. However, while fans are focused on the games, criminal networks see an opportunity....
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Internal audit: The gateway to career hot zones in AFC

Internal audit: The gateway to career hot zones in AFC

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 /1 Comment
The financial crime world is having its moment. On one side, there is a gravitational pull toward the bold new frontiers of financial crime prevention―crypto exchanges, fintech startups, banking as a service platforms and embedded finance ventures―where technology moves fast, acronyms multiply overnight and job...
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What Yogi Berra might have said about “spot-fixing,” Luis Ortiz and automated transaction monitoring

What Yogi Berra might have said about ‘spot-fixing,’ Luis Ortiz and automated transaction monitoring

November 12, 2025November 14, 2025 /Leave a comment
Internal audit: The AML career compass

Internal audit: The AML career compass

October 13, 2025October 31, 2025 /Leave a comment
The transparency imperative: The power of full disclosure in AML/CTF reviews

The transparency imperative: The power of full disclosure in AML/CTF reviews

September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 /1 Comment
From planes to pizza: The new job hunt

From planes to pizza: The new job hunt

July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS virtual seminar explores LE’s fight against financial crime

ACAMS virtual seminar explores LE’s fight against financial crime

July 1, 2025July 3, 2025 /Leave a comment

Featured Column

Cumplimiento: ¿Inversión o gasto para el sujeto obligado?

Cumplimiento: ¿Inversión o gasto para el sujeto obligado?

January 13, 2026 /Leave a comment
El gobierno corporativo es un pilar fundamental para prevenir y gestionar los riesgos asociados al lavado de dinero; su rol es clave para el sujeto obligado porque de él emanan las políticas, procedimientos y principios éticos que lo rigen.  Pero para que el gobierno corporativo pueda tomar las mejores...
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Virtual IBANs under scrutiny: Closing Europe’s digital banking loophole

Virtual IBANs under scrutiny: Closing Europe’s digital banking loophole

November 12, 2025January 7, 2026 /Leave a comment
Effective management of financial crime investigations

Effective management of financial crime investigations

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 /Leave a comment
AMLA’s work program and its enhanced oversight of CASPs

AMLA’s work program and its enhanced oversight of CASPs

August 29, 2025 /Leave a comment
The influence of emerging technologies on cybersecurity audits

The influence of emerging technologies on cybersecurity audits

August 18, 2025 /Leave a comment
Beyond the exchange: Laundering crypto through luxury goods

Beyond the exchange: Laundering crypto through luxury goods

August 7, 2025 /Leave a comment

Interviews

Bekah Charleston: Turning trauma into empowerment

Bekah Charleston: Turning trauma into empowerment

January 15, 2026 /Leave a comment
Bekah Charleston is a nationally recognized subject-matter expert, executive-level trainer and strategic consultant specializing in trauma-informed systems, workforce education and survivor-informed program design. Her work has informed trainings and initiatives across the U.S. and has been featured by outlets including NPR, USA Today and the Dallas...
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Atsuo Takada: Globally connecting through The ACAMS Assemblies

Atsuo Takada: Globally connecting through The ACAMS Assemblies

December 10, 2025January 13, 2026 /Leave a comment
Samuel Cousins

Samuel Cousins: The importance of the Global Threats Report Survey

October 9, 2025October 14, 2025 /Leave a comment

In Focus

The deepfake dilemma: The rise of synthetic identity threats

The deepfake dilemma: The rise of synthetic identity threats

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 /Leave a comment
The emergence of synthetic identities created by artificial intelligence (AI) signifies a shift in financial crime. Deepfakes, a form of synthetic media, are hyper-realistic alterations of audio, video and images produced using machine learning techniques like generative adversarial networks (GANs). Once limited to research and...
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Advice from a veteran and AFC professional

Advice from a veteran and AFC professional

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 /Leave a comment
Terrorist financing since 911 How the threat and the response have evolved

Terrorist financing since 9/11: How the threat and the response have evolved

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 /Leave a comment

Digital Dose

Nick Souccar

Countering Canada’s deadly drug trade, with Nick Souccar

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 /Leave a comment
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks live from the ACAMS Assembly Canada with Inspector Nick Souccar, who is Officer in Charge of Federal Policing Criminal Operations, Serious and Organized Crime, and the Canadian Integrated Response to Organized Crime for the Royal Canadian...
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Edward Conway

How the big banks look at stablecoin, digital assets and modernization, with Ned Conway

November 17, 2025 /Leave a comment
How Sanctions Became a Way to Wage War and When They Actually Work, with Eddie Fishman

How sanctions became a way to wage war and when they actually work, with Eddie Fishman

November 3, 2025 /Leave a comment

World Digest

FATF grey lists Nepal: Potential economic implications

FATF grey lists Nepal: Potential economic implications

January 12, 2026January 13, 2026 /Leave a comment
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), established in 1989, is an intergovernmental organization tasked with developing international standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and countering proliferation financing. To ensure adherence to these standards, FATF conducts periodic assessments of both member and nonmember countries, evaluating...
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The effects of AML guidelines on digital assets

The effects of AML guidelines on digital assets

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 /Leave a comment
North Korean IT worker infiltration: Synthetic identities

North Korean IT worker infiltration: Synthetic identities

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment

Member Spotlight

Lucas Naldi, CAMS—Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lucas Naldi, CAMS—Sao Paulo, Brazil

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment
With over 10 years of experience, nine of which have been dedicated to anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing, Lucas Naldi is an AML specialist recognized for his career path that connects the rigor of the traditional financial system with the agility of financial technology. Naldi is...
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Monika Kobosko, CAMS—Warsaw, Poland

Monika Kobosko, CAMS—Warsaw, Poland

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment
Md Nasim Akhtar, CCAS—Mumbai, India

Md Nasim Akhtar, CCAS—Mumbai, India

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment

Know Your Chapter

ACAMS New York Chapter

ACAMS New York Chapter celebrates its 20th anniversary

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment
Twenty years ago, a group of anti-financial crime professionals gathered at the offices of U.S. Trust in New York City, marking the first event of the ACAMS New York Chapter. In November 2025, roughly 250 AFC professionals gathered to commemorate the chapter’s 20th anniversary, a...
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ACAMS South Florida Chapter

From awareness to action: ACAMS South Florida Chapter advances the fight against HT

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment
ACAMS Greater Buffalo Chapter

ACAMS Greater Buffalo Chapter: A night of insight and recognition at the BSA Officer Roundtable

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment

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