Amy Wotapka, CAMS, is the Office of Foreign Assets Control and Bank Secrecy Act Officer at First American Bank. Wotapka’s banking career started in 1982 as a teller, ultimately landing in anti-money laundering compliance in 2001 under her mentor Jackie Santos at PNC Bank. From...

Derek W. Smith, MBA, CAMS, CRCMP, is a senior contributor in the Bahamas’ compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) space. He facilitates training in operational risk assessments, AML risk assessments, business continuity management, information security governance, organizational resilience and agility. Currently, Smith serves as the assistant...

With over 25 years of experience in electrical engineering and computer science, and more than 15 years in the field of financial crime prevention, Tarik Eker, head of compliance and senior lecturer, is an expert in the fight against money laundering. Eker began his career...