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 Jan 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 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
