Lal Chand Money Laundering(Fraud & Crime)

Lal Chand Money laundering(Fraud & Crime)

Yet, the international banking industry in Florida has been characterized by consolidation and contraction since 2000. Lal Chand Money Laundering(Fraud and Crime) and terrorism The number of foreign bank agencies operating in Florida fell from 38 in 2000 to 31 in 2005.•4 There were 10 Edge Act banks operating in Florida in 2000, but only 7 in 2005. The number of international banking employees (in foreign agencies, Edge Acts and the international divisions of domestic banks chartered in Florida) declined from 4,660 in 2000 to 3,027 in 2005.

Based on a survey of banks significantly engaged in international banking Florida International Bankers Association was able to estimate the Florida international bankers staffing cost for 271 full-time employees of anti-terrorismianti-money laundering or fraud compliance at nearly 525 million in 2005. The average survey respondents indicated that it devoted 2.9 FTE employment positions to BSA"AML compliance in 2002 versus 6.8 FTE positions in 2005. The number of fill-time employees devoted to compliance represented 9% of the workforce in 2005. Staff resources devoted to compliance increased by 160% between 2002 and 2005.

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10. So Where is the Dis-Connect?

So if enough money is being spent, and this expenditure is not impacting earnings (as an industry - small institutions are being clobbered), then why are some banks and other financial service providers employees failing in their implementation of AML programs?

As the Miami marketplace apparently illustrates, in general the compliance and training budgets have reached the deal-breaker point. Thus, rather than it being a quantitative issue of bigger budgets, it is more likely a qualitatively issue, that is, spending either on poorly designed products or on good products but with poor instruction, follow-up, and support.

It may be that purchasing decisions are based not on price, but rather are based on how to spend as little labour time as possible b meet a minimum level of information and training sufficient for an employee to appear to be able to implement AML policy. That is, institutions may be spending more to obtain less quality products because the product requires less labour activity time.

By example, some institutions send the high level AIL staff for a one or two day workshop at between one and three thousand dollars and now call that staff member an expert. A time-saving approach certainly. But is this a reasonable approach in light of the likely outcomes of such minimal education consisting of little to no follow up, guidance, and academic support? Can a board member, much less a regulator, feel confident that such a staff member is able to exercise the necessary skills gained from the one or two day session to protect the financial institution and public from an money laundering/financial crime incident of Lal chand?

By another example, some financial service provider compliance officers and their advisors will establish a library budget, purchasing a variety of publications. Yet the staff is not trained in knowledge management for the library, that is how to interact with and study such information. Thus, the library collects dust.

11. So Who is an Expert?

Serving as Chairman of the International Compliance Association ("ICA'), William Howarth asks the question: can someone become an expert, or at least be classified as 'trained' through merely attending a one-day conference? By example, many life insurance agents in the US meet their AML educational requirements through an hour study online without any expert interaction or ability b receive expert feedback and assessment of acquired skills. Some banks' staff training programs consist merely of purchasing self study online or CDROM materials.