Illicit Finance

Mr. Mariano Federici, Senior Managing Director at K2 Integrity and former Head of Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit, addressed global financial integrity and illicit finance, focusing on Russia sanctions, corruption, and…

Professor Celina Realuyo, a researcher at the National Defense University, presented on the escalating crisis of synthetic drugs in the United States and its global ramifications. She underscored the epidemic…

Honorable Andreas Funk, a former banker at Goldman Sachs and HSBC, and an AML/CTF advisor for over 25 years, addressed the persistent threat of illicit financial flows to democracy. He…

Honorable Jerome Beaumont, Executive Secretary of the Egmont Group, elucidated the pivotal role of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in combating money laundering and terrorist financing. He elucidated that FIUs receive…

Senator Larry Pressler commenced the panel discussion on illicit finance by emphasizing its significance as a paramount and intricate challenge to global financial security. He observed that while U.S. regulations…

Mr. Philip Lovegreen presented the United States’ initiatives under the Biden administration to combat global illicit financing and corruption, with a particular focus on the region. He emphasized the December…

Ms. Silvia Matus de la Cruz expressed gratitude for the invitation and emphasized the global challenges of combating financial crime, despite substantial investments in anti-money laundering and illicit finance initiatives….

Mr. Hamad Alhelal addressed the critical issue of illicit financial flows and the challenges of combating money laundering globally. He elucidated that illegal funds, originating from activities such as drug…

Sarah Paquet, Director of Fintrack, presented her work in financial analysis and money laundering detection in Canada. She explained that Fintrack, established in 2020, has 13 departments that monitor suspicious…

Mr. John Walsh expressed gratitude to Guatemala for its warm hospitality and underscored the significance of the event, emphasizing its rarity as an opportunity for him outside of Romania. He…

This panelist focused on the global illicit economy, in which money derives from: She later discussed what illicit goods go north and which ones go south. Drugs ad people go…

This panelist focused on the impact of the Hezbollah Group in Latin America and how active it is in the region. The two major terrorist attacks occurred in Panama and…