13.11.2023

Today's biggest money laundering risks – and why they matter

Join the launch of the 2023 Public Edition of the Basel AML Index to explore some of the biggest and trickiest topics facing anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) professionals.

On the agenda:

• The global picture: What this year's Basel AML Index says about geographical risks of money laundering and terrorist financing
• Terrorist financing through non-profit organisations – and unintended consequences on humanitarian work and human rights
• Virtual currencies: Are countries not worried enough?
• Confiscating assets: Why so few? Why so difficult?

We'll speak to leading financial crime fighters from regulators, international banks and academia:

• Kateryna Boguslavska, Project Manager Basel AML Index, Basel Institute on Governance
• Nico di Gabriele, Senior Team Lead, European Central Bank*
• Alan Ketley, Executive Secretary, The Wolfsberg Group
• Roberto de Michele, Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank 
• Dr Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez, Associate Professor, School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
• Malcolm Wright, Head of Regulatory, OKX

Gretta Fenner, Managing Director of the Basel Institute on Governance, will moderate.

• Date: 13 November 2023
• Time: 14:00 Basel | 08:00 New York | 20:00 Singapore

*The opinions expressed by Nico di Gabriele are personal and may not necessarily coincide with those of the ECB.