Description

• Charting common typologies of environmental-related crimes such as endangered species smuggling or trafficking in wildlife subject to harvest quotas including lumber and aquatic species

• Reviewing specific cases involving wildlife-related schemes such as rhino horn smuggling to establish ties between environmental-related trafficking and transnational financial crime organizations

• Familiarizing staff with laws such as END Wildlife Trafficking Act, utilizing resources such as State Department’s “focus countries” at higher risk of wildlife trafficking and establishing protocols for contacting and aiding authorities

Moderator(s):

• David A. Clark, CAMS, Head of FCC Learning & Surveillance Analysis, Standard Chartered Bank

Speaker(s):

• Cameron Field, Manager, Special Initiatives and Training, BMO Financial Group
• Melissa Leeds, CAMS, Counter Transnational Organized Crime Financing Investigator, Metis
• Stevenson Munro, CAMS, Global Head, Sanctions Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank
• Jeffrey Pedecine, CAMS-FCI, Head of Sanctions, Apple Bank