Carolina Prelazzi is a Global Subject Matter Expert at ACAMS, focusing on Sanctions, Proliferation and Anti-Financial Crime.

Prior to joining ACAMS in September 2021, Carolina worked for four years in the Global Financial Crime Analysis team at HSBC, where she investigated North Korea proliferation groups, illicit shipping practices and sanctions evasion networks. Carolina also held business roles at HSBC, where she managed the relationship with financial crime high risk (sanctioned) government clients. She has previous experience in Compliance investigations for financial institutions, think tanks and intelligence consultancy firms, where she focused on nuclear proliferation and terrorist groups’ dynamics in North Africa.

Carolina has a Double Master Degree in International Affairs from the London School of Economics and Peking University, and a double BA in European Studies with French from King’s College London and Sciences Po Paris.