February 23, 2005
Contacts:
Alejandra Slatapolsky
aslatapolsky@moneylaundering.com
Danielle Scott
dscott@moneylaundering.com
Telephone: (305) 530-0500 or 800-232-3652
ATTENDANCE SHATTERING ALL RECORDS!
1,200 attendees
60 countries
57 speakers
60 sponsors & exhibitors
ATTENDANCE RECORD SHATTERED: The conference will draw more than 1,200 attendees, not counting exhibitors and speakers. That surpasses last year's 972 attendees, which had broken the previous world attendance record held by Money Laundering Alert.
FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE: Attendees are traveling from at least 60 countries in the Western Hemisphere as well as the likes of China, Korea, India, Venezuela, Israel, Canada, Mexico and UAE. About 65 percent are from the United States.
NEWS FROM 57 SPEAKERS: 57 speakers on 32 panels and workshops including the first president of the new Middle East-North Africa terrorist financing task force, Muhammad Baasiri; the new director of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, Robert Werner; the lead counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee that exposed the money laundering scandals at Riggs Bank involving Augusto Pinochet and other “politically exposed persons”, Elise Bean; the global anti-money laundering officers of Citigroup, Richard Small and Bank of America, Daniel Soto; and the Head of the Economic Crime Section of the Council of Europe, Gianluca Esposito.
TERRORIST FINANCING SUMMIT: The opening panel, “Summit on Terrorist Financing”, will feature the authors of the 9/11 Commission’s terrorist financing monograph, John Roth and Douglas Greenburg; the new director of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, Robert Werner; and James Richards, Bank of America’s global Anti-Money Laundering Operations Executive and one of the most respected innovators in the anti-money laundering arena.
NEW AML TRAINING TOOL: The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) will launch its innovative computer-based training tool, "AML Maestro," designed for financial institution employees who require basic instruction in anti-money laundering compliance. ACAMS will celebrate its third anniversary at the conference with 2,300 members from 95 countries. More than 900 have been certified through ACAMS’ rigorous Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist examination process in which an independent testing company plays a key role. There will be a cocktail reception for ACAMS members, to which the media is welcome, on Thursday March 3 at 7:30 P.M.
MEDIA COVERAGE: 22 media organizations have requested press credentials to date. The conference will provide a press room for interviews and press conferences. The media will not be permitted to ask questions during the conference sessions but will have access to the speakers on many other occasions, including two cocktail receptions on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Media can also arrange an interview with a specific speaker in advance by contacting Alejandra Slatapolsky at 305-530-0500 or alejandras@moneylaundering.com.
EXHIBITION HALL: Some 60 sponsors and exhibitors (up from 48 last year) will display their software, products and services in a veritable shopping mart for the conference attendees. The sponsors and exhibitors follow.
Sponsors and Exhibitors of Money Laundering Alert’s 10th Annual International Money Laundering Conference & Exhibition
DIAMOND SPONSORS
Mantas
Experian
PLATINUM SPONSORS
ACI Worldwide
SAS Institute, Inc.
GOLD SPONSORS
Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC
ChoicePoint, Inc.
Searchspace
Holland & Knight
NetEconomy
D&B
EXHIBITORS
ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists)
ACE Software Solutions Ltd.
Actimize, Inc.
ADI Compliance Consulting, Inc.
American Bankers Assoc
Bank Detect LLC
Banker’s Toolbox, Inc.
Bankers Systems, Inc.
BANKERS Almanac
BankersEdge
Carreker Corporation
CFE
CIS-Consulting Integrating Systems
Control Risks Group LLC
Diaz & Kaiser
FircoSoft
Florida International University (FIU)
FTI Consulting
GIFTS Software, Inc.
Global Value Consulting L LC
GlobalVision Systems, Inc.
Haydrian Corp
Identity Systems
Innovative Systems
Integrascreen
Integrated Compliance Solutions (ICS)
IRS
ISI Emerging Markets
LexisNexis
Prime Associates
Regulatory DataCorp (RDC)
SDG Software Technologies
SIDE
SIGUE Corporation
STB Systems
Syfact
TAMONA
Tata Consultancy Services
TFP
VIVEO Cognitive Systems
World Compliance
World-Check
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Registration information is available at www.moneylaunderingconference.com
(Accredited members of the press may obtain credentials by contacting Alejandra Slatapolsky at alejandras@moneylaundering.com or by calling (305) 530-0500.)
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