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Blacklists, Greylists and the Evolution of Criminal Investigations
The field of financial crime detection has changed a lot in three decades and our next guest has observed this evolution from a unique vantage point. Jim Lee started his career in the 1990, working as a special agent for the IRS where he ultimately became Chief of Criminal Investigations before leaving the organisation in 2024 Today, he is Global Head of Capacity Building at Chainalysis. In our conversation, he reflects on the remarkable pace of change he’s observed and his work leading the teams who have unraveled some of the most complex financial crimes the world has ever seen.
PLUS AML Intelligences Senior Correspondent Paul O’Donoghue explains exactly what FATF’s Grey Lists and Black Lists are, how they work, their economic implications, and what it really means for a country to be put on one of these lists.
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1. Narco States and Finfluencers
32:52||Season 1, Ep. 1In the social media age, our understanding of influence is utterly and the idea of influencers has become pretty commonplace for most people. And it’s not unusual that they might turn to a trusted voice on their platform choice to get advice on what when they’re in the market for tech, hair or household appliance they should buy. But what if the product or service they’re buying is financial? We recently spoke to Beth Harris, Head of Financial Crime at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to hear about the growing problem of Finfluencers.We also hear from AML Intelligence Co-Founder and Chair, Stephen Rae and Senior Correspondent Paul O’Donoghue about Narco States. What are they? How do they occur? And why is this a growing problem?
2. In profile: Elisa de Anda Madrazo
30:56||Season 1, Ep. 2In this Special episode of Collared we’ll be speaking to Elissa De Anda Madrazo, President of FATF – the global Financial Action Task Force.As she comes to the end of her presidency, Senior Correspondent for AML Intelligence Paul O’Donohue, had the unique opportunity to speak to her and take a retrospective at her term in office. They also discussed crucial role that FATF plays in the world of Compliance, the growing threats of Financial Crime on the global economy as well as Fraud Detection and Prevention.