Wednesday, August 20
 
09:00
Registration and badge claiming.
13:30 - 14:30
Official Opening
With the presence of Official Authorities
14:30 - 17:30
WORKSHOP
The Use of Information Technology for Detecting Suspicious Transactions Associated with Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism.
James R. Richards, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit
FleetBoston Corp
18:00
Welcoming Cocktail
 
Thursday, August 21
 
08:00 - 10:00
The New Rules of the “Patriot Act” and its Effects on Banking
Clemente Vazquez-Bello, Gunster Yoakley Law Firm, Miami, Florida
10:00 - 11:00
Practical cases about how the Peso Exchange Black Market is used for money laundering
Arthur Ventura, DEA, US Embassy, Panama
11:00 - 12:00
Mechanisms for Preventing Money Laundering in the Insurance Industry.
Mario R. Mendizábal V., Executive Director, Guatemalan Insurance Institutions Association AGIS, Managing Partner of M&D Consultores.
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
In Search of the Unusual – A Risk Based Focus
Susan Tuccillo, Citibank
14:30 - 15:30
Money Laundering Scheme with Debit Cards
José Díaz Seixas, Vice-President for Security and Compliance, Banco General, S.A., Director of the Panamanian Banking Association.
15:30 - 16:30
Implementation of the new AML regulations in the securities market
William Langford, Senior Adviser to the General Counsel, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C
 
16:30 – 17:30
Information Security in the Financial Community: A Report from the Battle Front
Allan E. Brill, CISSP, CFE, Senior Managing Director, Technological Services, The Kroll Risk Consulting Company, New York
 
Friday, August 22
 
08:00 - 09:00
What Financial Institutions should do in order not to incur in situations that would make them subject to measures by the US Authorities in connection with their correspondence and other operations.
Rubén L. Verdés, Private Consultant, former Managing Director of Kroll, Inc., Miami, Florida.
09:00 - 10:30
Laundering of Money Derived from Corruption of Public Officials.
Maria Dominguez, Director of the OPDAT Agency of the Department of Justice, Embassy of the United States of America in Bogota, Colombia, and Juan Agosto, Auditor, Port Authority of Puerto Rico
10:30 - 11:30
Relevant Aspects in the Financing of Terrorism
F. Robert Pargac, Global Anti Money Laundering Director, Legal Counsel Department, BBVA, S.A.
11:30 - 12:30
Asset Laundering and the Stock Markets (Analysis of the Colombian Case)
Juan Pablo Jaimes García, Attorney, Independent Consultant for financial sector, stock market and public sector entities.
12:15 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
High Level Structured Transactions used for laundering money.
Antonio Jenkins-Lara, Jenkins Lara Consulting on Anti Money Laundering Programs, Structured Transactions and International Tax Planning, Houston, Texas
14:30 - 15:30
Taking Professional people to Court (Lawyers, Accountants, Bankers)
William M. Pearson, Partner of the Firm of Ferrel Schultz Carter Zumpano & Fertel PA, former Federal Public Defense Attorney, former Prosecutor in the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Miami, Florida
15:30 – 16:00
Experience in Guatemala
R. Vélez Lara, Director of the Financial Analysis Unit of Guatemala
15:30 - 17:60
Experiences of the Financial Analysis or Intelligence Units in Latin American Countries
Representatives of the Financial Intelligence or Analysis Units:
Marcos Caramuru de Paiva from Brazil, Alberto Lozano Vila from Colombia, Ricardo G. Vélez Lara from Guatemala and Dalys Terán from Panama
18:00
Closing Cocktail
 
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