Anti-Money Laundering in a Nutshell
Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business Managers
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Anti-Money Laundering in a Nutshell
Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business Managers
About This Book
AntiâMoney Laundering in a Nutshell is a concise, accessible, and practical guide to compliance with antiâmoney laundering law for financial professionals, corporate investigators, business managers, and all personnel of financial institutions who are required, under penalty of hefty fines, to get antiâmoney laundering training. This new edition of Anti-Money Laundering will update the topics discussed, and introduce the changes and updates including information on the AMLA Act of 2020, new EU standards and directives, anti-money laundering on digital currencies and more.
Money laundering is endemic. As much as 5 percent of global GDP ($3.6 trillion) is laundered by criminals each year. It's no wonder that every financial institution in the United Statesâincluding banks, credit card companies, insurers, securities brokerages, private funds, and money service businessesâmust comply with complex examination, training, and reporting requirements mandated by a welter of federal antiâmoney laundering (AML) laws. Ignorance of crime is no excuse before the law. Financial institutions and businesses that unknowingly serve as conduits for money laundering are no less liable to prosecution and fines than those that condone or abet it.
In AntiâMoney Laundering in a Nutshell: Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business Managers, Kevin Sullivan draws on a distinguished career as an AML agent and consultant to teach personnel in financial institutions what money laundering is, who does it, how they do it, how to prevent it, how to detect it, and how to report it in compliance with federal law. He traces the dynamic interplay among employees, regulatory examiners, compliance officers, fraud and forensic accountants and technologists, criminal investigators, and prosecutors in following up on reports, catching launderers, and protecting the integrity and reputations of financial institutions and businesses. In particular, corporate investigators will gain rich insights winnowed from the author's experiences as a New York State and federal investigator.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. What Is Money Laundering?
- 2. Methods of Money Laundering
- 3. Federal Regulations
- 4. International Standards
- 5. Building a Quality AML Program for Financial Institutions
- 6. Know Your Customer and Customer Identification Program
- 7. A SAR Is Born
- 8. Tips for Law Enforcement and Financial Crimes Investigators
- 9. Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering
- 10. Beyond the Basic Predicate Crimes
- 11. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Back Matter