ACAMS Europe Conference

Join John Smith, partner and co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s National Security practice and former director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Europe Conference in Brussels on June 14–15, 2022. John will be participating in a session titled “Russian Repercussions: Reassuring the Sanctions Risk Landscape,” alongside Chloe Cina, Head of Global Sanctions Advisory, Deutsche Bank, and Alina Nedea, Head of Unit, Sanctions, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA), European Commission.

The session will focus on:

• Reviewing the scope of existing sanctions programs, international priorities, and future trajectory;
• Assessing how an intelligence-led approach can support detection and prevention of sanctions evasion;
• Detailing how sanctions programs have integrated risks of “dark money,” kleptocracy, and international efforts to target oligarch assets; and
• Examining the need for preparedness to evolving threats, including cyber activities, ransomware, and other criminal activity.