AML Full Day Seminar is Coming to Miami on December 5, 2008

Make a one-day investment that could pay incalculable dividends.
U.S. money laundering laws, rules and regulations are complex, ever-changing, and compliance can present a unique set of challenges. This seminar is designed to simplify those challenges by:

• Providing a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and USA Patriot Act and all compliancy requirements
• Providing a full day of practical guidance on how to develop and maintain an AML program that meets all compliancy requirements

As an attendee, you’ll also enjoy these valuable added benefits.

• REFERENCE MATERIALS: Take home a seminar book and CD-ROM containing full text of the U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, with illuminating narrative from the editors of Money Laundering Alert
• NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES: Take advantage of session breaks and our formal luncheon to expand your network of professional contacts.
• CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: Earn ACAMS, CRCM, CLE and CPE credit hours

Seminar Topics

In varied large and small forums, our one-day seminar will cover the AML basics from A to Z, with sessions devoted to:

• Deciphering the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and USA Patriot Act
• How compliancy rules and regulations are applied in real-life situations

Emerging money laundering threats and the red flags that signal “danger”

• What U.S. banking regulators expect from financial institutions
• What to expect from AML regulators and enforcement agents
• Lessons learned and mistakes to avoid based on recent enforcement actions
• What to look for on the AML horizon

Seminar Leaders

Michael McDonald heads a consulting firm that specializes in anti-money laundering issues and examinations of the AML controls of banks, money transmitters and government operations. For 28 years, he was a special agent of the U.S. IRS Criminal Investigation Division, where he was a pioneer of the United States money laundering control effort. He helped found Operation Greenback in South Florida in 1979, the first governmental effort focused on the finances of international drug traffickers. Mr. McDonald sits on the Editorial Board of the publication Money Laundering Alert. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist – CAMS ® as well as a founding member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

Gregory A. Baldwin, CAMS
Partner at Holland & Knight, Miami.

Gregory Baldwin practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, specifically in matters involving federal and state money laundering laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, securities fraud and racketeering laws. His practice also includes white collar crime, and civil and criminal forfeitures. Baldwin also assists clients in developing and implementing corporate compliance and AML programs. Previously he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, in Miami, and as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.