• Outlining shifting typologies involving drug trafficking including elevated fentanyl trafficking from Mexico and shipments of precursor chemicals for synthetic opioids from China

• Detailing cartels’ growing use of Asian professional money laundering organizations to facilitate exchanges of US and Chinese currency or serve as brokers in TBML schemes

• Examining complexities of new laundering methods such as Mexican cartel transfers via front companies to Chinese citizens living in the US to facilitate placement, layering and integration

Moderator:

Lauren Kohr, CAMS, CAMS-FCI, Senior AML Director - Americas, ACAMS

Presenters:

Raul Aguilar, Deputy Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Craig Timm, Managing Director, Financial Crimes Emerging Risk, Strategic Initiatives & Government Liaison, Bank of America

Wendy C. Woolcock, Special Agent in Charge, Special Operations Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Arthur Wyatt, Chief, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, U.S. Department of Justice