There are times when it is a necessary to consider where clean money is going to as much as where dirty money may have come from, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
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Posted inRisk Management
ICA, AMPEC partner on Mexico expansion
The International Compliance Association announced a partnership with the Mexican Association of Ethics and Compliance Professionals to offer the ICA’s full suite of accredited qualifications in Mexico.
Posted inAML
Analysis: Following the telephone trail to detect fraudsters
One way to thwart money launderers is to take a page from the government’s playbook and examine smartphone applications when the contamination of fraud or money laundering is discovered.
Posted inRisk Management
Managing emerging trade-based money laundering risks
Trade-based money laundering was already happening prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but now its nature has shifted. The ICA offers key considerations for managing emerging risks.
Posted inAnti-Bribery
Mexico’s war on corruption an uphill battle for compliance officers
Companies doing business in Mexico face an uphill battle with their anti-corruption compliance efforts as the country’s government struggles to control—and, in many cases, contributes to—its endemic corruption problem.
Posted inInternal Controls
Following $107M fine for lax controls, SEB shares AML efforts
Sweden’s financial watchdog was fined SEB $107 million for weak governance practices related to the bank’s anti-money laundering controls in its Baltics subsidiaries.
Posted inInternal Controls
Analysis: Learning to learn from our mistakes with AML
Scientists and doctors cannot succeed or make medical breakthroughs without being prepared to fail. The same approach should be taken to combating anti-money laundering, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
Posted inEurope
FCA fines Commerzbank London $47.4M for AML failures
Commerzbank London will pay a £37.8 million (U.S. $47.4 million) penalty in a settlement with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority for anti-money laundering systems and controls failures.
Posted inRisk Management
Analysis: Path to effective AML is doing less with more
The answer to being more effective at stopping money launderers is to challenge the value of processes that are clearly failing. Financial crime expert Martin Woods explains.
Posted inEthics & Culture
Analysis: Let Westpac’s missteps be a cautionary tale
By balking at original allegations, Westpac opened itself to infinitely more harm, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
