ACAMS to Honor Outstanding Anti-Money Laundering Professional at Annual Conference, Past Recipients Include Organized Crime Detectives, NY State Police Investigator
Miami, FL, August 04, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) will once again pay tribute to its members by presenting the “ACAMS AML Professional of the Year Award” on October 1 at its 8th Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“This is the third year we have offered the award at our annual conference, and each year, we are increasingly impressed by the professionalism and dedication demonstrated in the nominations,” said ACAMS Executive Director Gregory Calpakis, CAMS. “There are many men and women in the AML field working above and beyond to advance the global effort to combat money laundering, and we are pleased to extend to them much-deserved recognition.”
The awards are open to ACAMS members only, and are designed to recognize professionals who have excelled in the anti-money laundering (AML) field. The ACAMS Advisory Board, comprised of an elite group of anti-money laundering compliance professionals from diverse sectors in the field will review all nominee applications.
The “ACAMS AML Professional of the Year Award” will be given out to a professional who has made strong contributions to the field, such as successful money laundering investigations, enforcing key regulations, drafting and passing laws, implementing an innovative AML training method, creating or revamping an AML program or process, and detecting a money laundering scheme, among others.
Recipients have included five Fairfax County Organized Crime Division detectives, an investigator with the New York City police department and AML professionals working with the Financial Crime Prevention Project (FCPP) through the United States Agency for International Development.
For more information on eligibility requirements and the nomination process, visit http://www.acamsglobal.org/awards.asp.
About the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
ACAMS is an international membership organization dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and skills of AML professionals from a wide range of industries. It serves 10,000 members in 140 countries with extensive resources designed to develop and sharpen the skills required for superior job performance and career advancement. Its CAMS® certification is the most widely recognized AML certification among compliance professionals worldwide. Visit the ACAMS website at www.ACAMS.org.
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“This is the third year we have offered the award at our annual conference, and each year, we are increasingly impressed by the professionalism and dedication demonstrated in the nominations,” said ACAMS Executive Director Gregory Calpakis, CAMS. “There are many men and women in the AML field working above and beyond to advance the global effort to combat money laundering, and we are pleased to extend to them much-deserved recognition.”
The awards are open to ACAMS members only, and are designed to recognize professionals who have excelled in the anti-money laundering (AML) field. The ACAMS Advisory Board, comprised of an elite group of anti-money laundering compliance professionals from diverse sectors in the field will review all nominee applications.
The “ACAMS AML Professional of the Year Award” will be given out to a professional who has made strong contributions to the field, such as successful money laundering investigations, enforcing key regulations, drafting and passing laws, implementing an innovative AML training method, creating or revamping an AML program or process, and detecting a money laundering scheme, among others.
Recipients have included five Fairfax County Organized Crime Division detectives, an investigator with the New York City police department and AML professionals working with the Financial Crime Prevention Project (FCPP) through the United States Agency for International Development.
For more information on eligibility requirements and the nomination process, visit http://www.acamsglobal.org/awards.asp.
About the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
ACAMS is an international membership organization dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and skills of AML professionals from a wide range of industries. It serves 10,000 members in 140 countries with extensive resources designed to develop and sharpen the skills required for superior job performance and career advancement. Its CAMS® certification is the most widely recognized AML certification among compliance professionals worldwide. Visit the ACAMS website at www.ACAMS.org.
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