AML Conversations AML in Focus: Cooperation, Capacity Gaps, and Emerging Financial Crime Risks
Jan 23, 2026
Elliot Berman, an experienced AML professional and regular contributor, guides listeners through global AML shifts. He covers the EU's new AMLA and efforts to standardize suspicious activity reporting. He discusses international public‑private cooperation on trafficking, cyber coordination between the UK and EU, FinCEN staffing concerns, pardon trends in financial crime, retirement scams, and the stalled Clarity Act debate on digital assets.
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EU Centralizes AML Supervision
- The EU created AMLA to standardize rules, supervise major banks, and coordinate FIUs across member states.
- A standardized minimum data set for suspicious activity reporting is being developed to harmonize EU SARs.
Project Protect Tackles Human Trafficking
- Canada launched Project Protect as a public-private partnership to fight human trafficking after discussions at an ACAMS event in Toronto.
- The project has supported prosecutions and victim identification since 2016, demonstrating effective cooperation.
UK–EU Cyber Cooperation Pact
- The EU and UK signed an MOU to cooperate on cyber attacks, recognizing that cyber threats cross borders.
- Regulators aim to align playbooks and information sharing across jurisdictions for faster response.