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 Dec 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 Dec 202227min
The Impact of Corruption on Democracy
The White House has published a Fact Sheet: Summit for Democracy: Progress in the Year of Action. It discusses activities taken since the first Summit for Democracy, held a year ago. The White House a...
2 Dec 202214min
FinCEN’s New Advisory on Elder Financial Exploitation (Archive Edition)
This episode originally aired on June 17, 2022. FinCEN has issued updated guidance on Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE). The new Advisory looks at the increasing volume of thefts and scams targeted...
25 Nov 202213min
FinTechs & Banks – Balancing Innovation and Competition
This week The US Treasury issued a report, Assessing the Impact of New Entrant Non-bank Firms on Competition in Consumer Finance Markets. The report examines the current state of innovation and compet...
18 Nov 202215min
New Sanctions on Internet Suppliers of Fentanyl
The US Treasury and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have announced new sanctions against a number of individuals and entities involved in supplying illicit fentanyl and other illegal subst...
11 Nov 202210min
FinCEN Updates its Analysis of Ransomware Trends for Late 2021
The Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its Ransomware Trends for the second half of 2021. John and Elliot look at the process that FinCEN used in its financial trend analysis and ...
4 Nov 202213min
A Conversation with Kateryna Boguslavska
Kateryna Boguslavska, PhD, Project Manager Basel AML Index at the Basel Institute on Governance, discusses the 2022 AML Index and some examples of recent metrics from Eastern Europe and other regions....
1 Nov 202233min
