Wildlife Trafficking, Payment Fraud in the EU, Fentanyl in Canada, and Much More
This week, the US State Department issued a report on wildlife trafficking, The European Central Bank published a report on payment fraud, and Health Canada discussed the dangers of the increase in do...
9 Aug 202415min
GAO Report On Scams, FinCEN Says More On BOI, OCC Speaks On De - Risking, And More
This week, the GAO issued a report on payment scams, the OCC responded to a letter from members of Congress about the actions of some state legislatures to limit the authority of national banks, FinCE...
2 Aug 202420min
Foreign Investment in the US, Fentanyl Sanctions, Europol Report on Trafficking, and Much More
John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include a report on foreign investment in the US, the interagency statement on the AML/CFT program...
26 Jul 202415min
A Discussion with Les Joseph
We spoke to Les Joseph, the recently retired head of the Global Financial Crime Intelligence Group at Wells Fargo, about his storied career in the private and public sector, during which he tackled co...
22 Jul 202428min
Crypto ATMs, a Senator Convicted, AUSTRAC Report, Timeshare Fraud, New Red Flags, and More
John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include an OCCRP article on crypto ATMs, FinCEN’s Alert on red flags related to the financing of I...
19 Jul 202412min
FATF on Gatekeepers, IRS on Scams, Pacific Banking Forum, and More
John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community this week. These include FATF’s Horizontal Review of Gatekeepers’ Technical Compliance Related to Corruption, remar...
12 Jul 202416min
FATF June Plenary, Wolfsberg Group, FinCEN Proposed Rule, and More
This week, John and Elliot discuss several developments impacting the financial crime community. These include the results of the recent FATF Plenary, a new statement from the Wolfsberg Group on effec...
5 Jul 202418min
Trafficking in Persons, EU Sanctions, a FATF Rethink, Iran Shadow Banking System, and More
This week, the US State Department issued its 2024 Trafficking Persons Report, the EU imposed additional sanctions against Russia, the OCCRP shared the content of an interview with the outgoing FATF p...
28 Jun 202417min
