Welcome Address & Debate: Combatting AML Amid the Complexity of Modern Sanctions

Live

2025-10-22 | 01:00 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

1LoD

Simon Brady

1LoD

Editor

BNP Paribas

Charles Abonnel

BNP Paribas

Managing Director, Group Financial Security US

Scotiabank

James Short

Scotiabank

Managing Director, Head of FCRM & Enterprise Head of Sanctions and Screening

Standard Chartered Bank

Ruth Bailey

Standard Chartered Bank

Managing Director, Global Head of Sanctions

HSBC

Russell Thomas

HSBC

Managing Director, Global Head of Business Financial Crime Risk, CIB COO

1LoD

Georgina Banham

1LoD

Head of Financial Crime Production