This week, John and Elliot discuss remarks for the former head of CISA and an open letter from JP Morgan Chase’s CISO about cybersecurity, allegations from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office about corruption in the European Court of Auditors, a GAO report about the need of Inspectors General for beneficial information to detect fraud in federal programs, reports of law enforcement opposition to the rollback of the CTA, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the UNODC’s technical policy brief on the expanding activity of Asian crime syndicates, a policy brief on high-level corruption from Project FALCON, a blog post from the FACT Coalition how high gold prices are fueling guerilla warfare in Columbia, the NCA’s effort in 2024 to interdict fraud and its focus on online fraud involving AI, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

Nasdaq Verafin’s EVP and Head of Financial Crime Technology, Stephanie Champion, discusses their 2024 Global Crime Report, highlighting the key concerns of AML professionals and how to approach the need for action.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the SEC’s statement on offerings and registrations of securities in the crypto asset markets, the UK requirement for identity verification for corporate directors and controlling owners, FinCEN’s renewal of geographic targeting orders relating to residential real estate, FCA’s updated Financial Crime Guide, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

This week, John and Elliot discuss FinCEN’s Financial Trend Analysis, on fentanyl-related illicit finance, the OCC’s disclosure of an email breach, the Department of Justice’s announcement of a change in focus of its policy on prosecuting crypto crime, the fines against Revolut Bank, the increase in real estate by oligarchs in New York, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

John Tobon sits down with us and discusses his over 30-year career battling financial crime at US Customs and HSI.

This week, John and Elliot discuss Transparency International’s Opacity in Real Estate Ownership Index, FinCEN’s alert on bulk cash smuggling by Mexican cartels, IRS-CI’s release of 2024 BSA metrics, and its CI-FIRST initiative, Congressional hearings by a House Financial Services subcommittee, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

Alison K. Jimenez, President of Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc., and Steven Kemmerling, Founder & CEO of CRB Monitor, discuss the value of AML analytics in AML/CTF compliance.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the OCC’s announcement that national banks will no longer be examined for reputational risk, an FTC report on the growth of payment fraud, a report from the University of Trier in Germany showing that money laundering directly causes an increase in housing prices, the decision to stop funding a national database tracking domestic terrorism, hate crimes and school shootings, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

This week, John and Elliot discuss the 2024 Annual Report from ICIJ, OCCRP’s reporting on the UK’s enhanced enforcement activities, FATF’s Second Public Consultation on Recommendation 16, the Basel Institute on Governance’s Project Falcon, the New Zealand national risk assessment, and other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.