Debate: Combatting AML Amid the Complexity of Modern Sanctions
Conference
2025-10-22 | 01:05 PM - 01:55 PM (GMT+00:00) London
Information
• How has the shift from country-based to goods-based sanctions impacted AML teams’ ability to detect and disrupt illicit activity in trade flows?
• What are the key challenges firms face in screening for goods-based risks, such as dual-use codes, and how are controls evolving in response?
• How are financial institutions managing the high volume of alerts generated from screening efforts, and what strategies are proving effective in reducing false positives without weakening detection?
• In what ways can alignment with broader business functions improve decision-making around increasingly complex sanctions enforcement and accelerate escalation of high-risk activity?
• To what extent are firms using technologies including AI or machine learning (ML) to enhance sanctions detections through pattern and anomaly identification, and what results have been seen so far?
Speakers
Simon Brady
1LoD
Editor
Charles Abonnel
BNP Paribas
Managing Director, Group Financial Security US
James Short
Scotiabank
Managing Director, Head of FCRM & Enterprise Head of Sanctions and Screening
Ruth Bailey
Standard Chartered Bank
Managing Director, Global Head of Sanctions
Russell Thomas
HSBC
Managing Director, Global Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, CIB COO