With rapidly evolving regulations, technology and financial crime methods, anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention professionals are faced with the challenge of staying abreast of new developments in financial crime, payment methods and money laundering schemes. Join over 2,500 influential anti-financial crime professionals, regulators, law enforcement investigators and government officials at this comprehensive financial crime prevention conference in Las Vegas. During the course of three days, the financial crime prevention community has the opportunity to learn from inspiring subject-matter experts, connect with other industry professionals and gain new insights and practical strategies to help their institutions combat financial crime.
Real-Life Miami Vice: How AML Helped Dethrone a Drug Kingpin
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• Outlining how “Los Miami” founder Alvaro Tardon used tools such as wire transfers and shell companies to aid placement and layering of more than $26 million from Spain into Miami
• How federal and Spanish agencies collaborated with Florida authorities to reconstruct transactions such as million-dollar vehicles and 13 luxury condos in the Miami area
• Detailing the use of AML documents such as SARs and CTRs by federal investigators to document their role in detecting illicit proceeds and fighting financial crime
Assessing the CDD Final Rule: A Year of Transitions
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Identification: MON28
• Analyzing risk-based methods for adapting beneficial ownership determination policies to balance compliance with CDD Final Rule and delivery of positive consumer experiences
• Appraising effectiveness of staff training in areas such as triggering events and inquiry escalation to ensure awareness of, and conformity to, regulatory and institutional requirements
• Documenting integration of CDD Final Rule into legacy AML systems to facilitate positive examination outcomes and demonstrate strength of culture of compliance
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• Establishing training controls based on such factors as adult learning theory, instructional design and measurement of results to heighten effectiveness of employee training
• Creating training programs in conjunction with business lines to ensure L&D supports individualized job duties and provides effective guidance on discrete risk governance issues
• Aligning L&D with operational changes such as the introduction of new products or services to mitigate regulatory risks, satisfy internal audit standards and propel initiatives forward
Previewing Next-Generation Data Management Issues and Opportunities
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Identification: MON30
• Outlining advances in areas such as data mining to illustrate financial crime compliance applications such as enhanced fraud detection and predictive analysis capabilities
• Mastering data visualization techniques to add value to data through effective presentation of risks such as anomalous entity behavior and abnormal transaction volumes
• Examining real-life cases to detail practical strategies for addressing data management issues such as reconciling conflicting data from different sources and data deduplication
Smart Strategies to Manage Correspondent Banking Risks
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Identification: MON31
• Reviewing Patriot Act’s Section 312 to develop due diligence programs that are appropriate, specific, risk-based and designed to detect proceeds of foreign corruption
• Customizing assessments to reflect unique respondent bank risks such as domicile and business profile to ensure controls support correspondent bank risk appetite standards
• Delineating compliance and business side incentives to harmonize oversight in areas such as staff training, alert governance and conflict resolution involving respondent accounts
Identification: MON32
Presented by LexisNexis
Enhanced Surveillance: Leveraging Technological Innovation to Improve Efficiency and Risk Coverage
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Identification: MON33
Presented by PwC
Opening Remarks and ACAMS Awards Ceremony
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Keynote Address and Q&A - Human Trafficking: A Special Presentation
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Panel Discussion: Burning Issues: Hot Topics in AML, Financial Crime and Compliance
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Is there an AML issue that has you bothered, bewildered or boiling with frustration? Here’s your chance to be heard. A few weeks before the conference, attendees will be invited to submit questions about AML issues they’re struggling with or interested in. Nothing is off limits — questions can be about everything from meeting regulatory challenges to the impact of digital currencies on traditional AML oversight programs. The questions are turned over to a panel of experts from all corners of the AML universe. Once in Las Vegas, they’ll take to the stage and provide insightful analysis and authoritative answers. It’s a fast-paced, fact-filled and no-holds-barred discussion on topics that are timely and urgent. See you there.
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