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Europe, European Connect, March – May 2018

Europe’s Largest AML Conference

March 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS 14th Annual European Conference, Europe’s largest anti-money laundering (AML) conference, is just around the corner and you may even be reading this issue of ACAMS Today at the event in Amsterdam on May 31–June 1. In response to delegate feedback and ACAMS’...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, Germany Chapter, Know Your Chapter

ACAMS Germany Chapter Activities in 2017

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Throughout 2017, the ACAMS Germany Chapter has continued to develop its activities and engage with anti-money laundering (AML) professionals across Germany. Events hosted in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich drew together a number of financial crime experts covering topics such as the changing role of the...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, Global Financial Crime Review

Ultimate Beneficial Ownership

December 12, 2017January 24, 2018 /Leave a comment

The Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) came into force in 2015 and was due to be implemented in all EU countries by June 26, 2017.1 However, some countries did not make the implementation deadline in June 2017 as they did not have the necessary...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, France Chapter, Know Your Chapter

The Compliance Officer University Degree

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

In 2017, ACAMS participated in the first promotion of the compliance officer university degree, delivered by the University of Versailles,1 in France. The program was supervised by the dean of the law and political science department of the university and designed by the co-chair of...

December 2017 - February 2018, Europe, European Connect

Looking Ahead at Europe in 2018

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: European Connect is a section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. I am proud that at ACAMS we build relationships. We build relationships between people, organizations and countries, and as a membership and...

Compliance, December 2016 – February 2017, Europe, Global Financial Crime Review

Anti-Money Laundering Effectiveness Ratings: Ranking Countries and Outcomes

December 12, 2017January 24, 2018 /Leave a comment

Contemporary anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) practice has shifted toward evaluating the effectiveness of money laundering controls. In addition to the traditional output and activity measures of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) 40 Recommendations,1 the current (fourth) round of evaluations also assesses...

AFC Challenges, Europe, September – November 2017

Artfully Done

September 19, 2017September 25, 2017 /Leave a comment

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) is one of the most recognizable works of Japanese art in the world. This wood block print by the...

Europe, France Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September – November 2017

Sapin II—A first step toward a European law on corruption?

September 19, 2017 /Leave a comment

In December 2016, France adopted the Sapin II law. One might think of it as just another piece of law in the legislative jungle; however, it is not. Indeed, it is the first strong French anticorruption law and even though it might look, at first...

Europe, European Connect, September – November 2017

EU Challenges: What is new?

September 19, 2017 /Leave a comment

Editor’s note: European Connect is a section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. Lately, the EU has been ramping up its focus on preventing financial crime, with regulators creating entirely new paradigms for organizations operating...

AFC Policy, Europe, September – November 2017

The Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Identification Requirement: Why It Matters to All of Us

September 19, 2017October 19, 2017 /Leave a comment

Money laundering, terrorist financing, evading taxes, bribery, corruption, abuse of human rights and even modern-day slavery differ in their nature, but they have some things in common: They destroy people’s lives, undermine the common values in our societies and they are facilitated by a lack...