Human Smuggling Along the US Southwest Boarder – A FinCEN Alert
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert focused on human smuggling along the southwest board of the US. John and Elliot review the major elements of the alert – including SAR...
20 Tammi 202313min
Eurasia Group’s Top Risks for 2023
The Eurasia Group, a consultancy focusing on political risk, has published its Top Risks - 2023. John and Elliot look at the purpose of the report and how it can be helpful to the financial crime comp...
13 Tammi 202310min
US Banking Agencies Increase Their Focus on Crypto-Assets
The primary US bank regulators - the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC - issued a joint statement on crypto-asset risks to banking organizations. The statement lists several risks on which the regulators...
6 Tammi 202313min
FATF Updates its Guidance on the Real Estate Sector (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on July 29, 2022. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently issued updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to the Real Estate Sector. The updated guidance focu...
30 Joulu 202213min
Basel AML Index 2022 – Moving Backward (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on October 7, 2022. This week, the Basel Institute on Governance published its 2022 AML Index. The index assesses countries’ money laundering and terrorist financing ri...
23 Joulu 202213min
Danske Bank – Why Correspondent Banking Can Be High Risk
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have announced resolution of charges against Danske Bank. The Bank pled guilty to fraud on US banks and agreed to forfeit $2 bil...
16 Joulu 202213min
National Security and Homeland Security
It has been a busy week for US government pronouncements on national security and terrorism. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security gave a speech at the Center for Strategic and Internat...
9 Joulu 202212min
Kleptocracy and the challenges of investigations
Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent on the International Corruption Unit Debra LaPrevotte discusses her career work investigating global corruption and its clear impact on communities. She is current...
6 Joulu 202227min
