What happens when business survival and corporate ambition collide with conflict and compliance obligations? This webcast takes a closer look at Compliance Week’s new case study, Inside a Dark Pact: A Case Study of Lafarge’s Terrorist Funding and Compliance Fallout in Syria.
Aaron Nicodemus
Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.
Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com
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Compliance Career Forum
A one-day virtual event exploring how the career path for compliance professionals is changing, and what compliance professionals should be doing now to assure career success and security for years to come.
Eunomia Global Executive Roundtable Series: AI & Africa
Virtual Event to be held on Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 a.m. EST
Q&A with Olga Kozak-Anlar of Robinhood Markets
Compliance Week Editor-in-Chief Aaron Nicodemus recently interviewed Olga Kozak-Anlar, Compliance AI Lead at Robinhood Markets Incorporated, about her role at Robinhood and the company’s use of AI.
Compliance Week National Conference
Join 500+ senior ethics, compliance, legal, audit, and governance professionals — together with regulators, board members, investors, and leading service providers — at the industry’s most trusted gathering.
This year’s Compliance Week National builds on our strategic combination with the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI), delivering access to exclusive research, peer perspectives, and practical tools to strengthen your program.
National Compliance Officer Day 2025 – What does the job mean to you?
Compliance officers do not have easy jobs. They’ve got to navigate ever-changing regulations, follow trends in their own industry and other parts of the world, while also managing the internal culture of their organizations. It’s a lot of responsibility and a lot of pressure.
Hong Kong securities regulator hits repeat offender Deutsche Bank with $3M fine
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
FinCEN again delays U.S. ban on three Mexican financial institutions
The order barring three Mexican financial institutions from doing business with U.S. financial institutions has been delayed until October.
Aaron Nicodemus named Compliance Week’s Editor-in-Chief
In covering the compliance industry for the past five years at Compliance Week, I’ve learned a few things.
Risks for corporations doing business in Mexico have skyrocketed under Trump
The Trump administration’s designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations in February has made doing business in Mexico riskier than ever before for corporations.


