ACAMS Today Europe

Captagon: A Dangerous Pill to Swallow
ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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In early September 2022, Syria’s Ministry of Interior released a video showing dozens of seized hummus bowls. A bowl is subsequently picked up and peeled with a knife, revealing that the bowls were concealing an illicit drug called Captagon. According to the Ministry, pills had...
ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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Child sexual exploitation (CSE), child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and child sex trafficking (CST) are serious crimes that adversely impact children being coerced or manipulated into engaging in sexual activity for financial gain. The ACAMS Today Back-to-the-Basics article, “Beyond The Headlines—A Real Look at Trends...
Cleaning Up Dirty Money in the Art Trade
ACAMS Connection, ACAMS Today Europe, ACAMS Today Europe Digital, Global Financial Crime Review, September – November 2023

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The art market’s vulnerabilities to financial crime have recently become a growing concern in the U.S., Europe and the U.K. Increasingly, authorities have turned their attention to art market transactions, acknowledging that—like other high-end assets—the art trade is ripe for money laundering.1 Scrutiny has been...