Every year, ACAMS recognizes and awards several outstanding members for their contributions to the anti-financial crime (AFC) industry. This year, ACAMS honored four exceptional individuals and one extraordinary chapter at the return of the in-person ACAMS Las Vegas conference. ACAMS awarded the ACAMS AFC Professional of the Year Award  to Ahsan Habib; the ACAMS Today Article of the Year Award  to Sarah Beth Felix, Lauren Kohr and Angel Nguyen Swift; and the ACAMS Chapter of the Year Award  to the Hong Kong Chapter. ACAMS Today  spoke with the award winners about career paths, trends in the AFC industry, what inspires them and more.

Interviewed by: Karla Monterrosa-Yancey, CAMS, editor-in-chief, ACAMS, FL, USA, kmonterrosa@acams.org

Stephanie Trejos, CAMS, editor, ACAMS, TX, USA, strejos@acams.org