Series 2, Episode 4: Evolving impact of financial crime

In the fourth episode of the Compliance Clarified podcast Susannah Hammond, Brett Wolf and Nathan Lynch discuss the evolving impact of financial crime on financial services firms and their compliance officers. The wide-ranging conversation ranges from the changing stance on sanctions coming from the U.S. to the recent actions of the global AML-standard setting Financial Action Task Force which has vowed to continue to crack down on opaque transactions tied to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Ransomware, the use of technology and the implications of the U.S. AML Act of 2020 also all feature. As discussed in the podcast here are a selection of articles by Brett and Nathan: Colonial Pipeline hack highlights blockchain activityhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/amlwolf_colonial-pipeline-hack-highlights-blockchain-activity-6806178253544460288-_IEQ Senior Biden administration official discusses approach to sanctions https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amlwolf_senior-biden-wh-official-discusses-sanctions-activity-6806178505458536448-ltDD Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicatehttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/inside-aml-how-australias-banks-joined-forces-to-break-open-a-cuckoo-smurfing-syndicate FinCEN leaks expose personal risk of AML/CTF compliance enforcementhttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com/mena/business/posts/fincen-leaks-expose-personal-risk-of-aml-ctf-compliance-enforcement Public-private sectors must work together to restore trust, manage risks post-COVIDhttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/public-private-sectors-must-work-together-to-restore-trust-manage-risks-post-covid New Zealand central bank has failed on AML/CFT supervision, says FATFhttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/new-zealand-central-bank-has-failed-on-aml-cft-supervision-says-fatf WEBINAR: Beyond the FinCEN files: Building a better framework for financial intelligencehttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/resources/resource/webinar-beyond-the-fincen-files-building-a-better-framework-for-regulatory-intelligence FinCEN leaks highlight need for “radical” approach to tackling financial crimehttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/fincen-leaks-highlight-need-for-radical-approach-to-tackling-financial-crime Cash Converters in AUSTRAC’s gunsights, as regulator sizes up next enforcement targetshttps://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/business/posts/cash-converters-in-austracs-gunsights-as-regulator-sizes-up-next-enforcement-targets