How can the state of international relations and global conflicts impact the implantation of laws and regulations against financial crime? In countries affected by war, maintaining the priority of controlling corruption and money laundering becomes challenging. Additionally, international cooperation between law enforcement agencies may be affected, as their priorities may shift towards addressing war crimes rather than economic crimes. This session will study how countries in wartime can alter the influence of the shared global fight against corruption, bribery and money laundering, using cases of bribery and corruption in such contexts.

• Uncover how international conflicts reshape the enforcement and implementation of anti-financial crime regulations.
• Look at the potential for corruption and mismanagement of funds during the post-war reconstruction efforts, using the example of Ukraine as a concern.

• Examine real-world cases to understand the impact of war on global cooperation in the fight against corruption, bribery, and money laundering.
• Analyse how the role of the IMF, UN and World Bank as part of the overall architecture of fighting financial crime has a role to play here.
• Equip yourself with strategies to navigate the complex challenges of maintaining financial integrity in conflict affected regions.

Financial Institutions in the DACH region face the challenge of US, and European sanctions, and their impact on transactions.

There are complexities surrounding sanction enforcement requirements in the US versus Europe versus Switzerland. This session will delve into practical challenges and solutions facing financial service industries.

• Recognize techniques to detect sophisticated sanction evasion.
• Ascertain what are legal and operational safeguards to detect clients attempting to circumvent sanctions.
• Understand the implications and procedures for effective sanction withdrawals.
• Draw parallels from the approach used in high-profile investigation cases like Lava Jato (2014).
• Enhance proactive risks and optimise available tools for calibration.

Financial Institutions in the DACH region face the challenge of US, and European sanctions, and their impact on transactions.

There are complexities surrounding sanction enforcement requirements in the US versus Europe versus Switzerland. This session will delve into practical challenges and solutions facing financial service industries.

• Recognize techniques to detect sophisticated sanction evasion.
• Ascertain what are legal and operational safeguards to detect clients attempting to circumvent sanctions.
• Understand the implications and procedures for effective sanction withdrawals.
• Draw parallels from the approach used in high-profile investigation cases like Lava Jato (2014).
• Enhance proactive risks and optimise available tools for calibration.

• Sharing the design, initiation and early developments of the REACH consortium through partnerships and community insight.
• Breaking down the latest regulatory framework surrounding Diversity Action Plans.
• Advice to sponsors on setting goals and what to do if enrolment is not achieving the outlined plan.

Advances in technology over recent years mean one has the power to ‘future-proof’ compliance strategies and transform your organisation’s operational capabilities.

• Explore the currently available tools and methods in the market to increase efficiency and effectiveness relating to:

- Adverse media screening
- Sanction screening
- AML transaction monitoring
- Organizational Governance

• Efficient AI: Examine case studies where tools can help in-house translation to handle sensitive client information, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs (whilst increasing profit) and increase productivity through examples such as a policy chatbot to address repetitive questions.

- Analyse how this can reduce the workload of employees.

• Avoid potential pitfalls, achieve the desired efficiency gains and improve the quality of their work for clients.

• Investigate what could the future hold:

- Explore Future AI Tools in:
-Content Management
-Red Flag identification and due diligence
-Third Party Supplier Management
-AML and Screening

With the SFO’s new director one year into his role, alongside the results of the U.S. election, this exciting panel session will shed light on the most pressing legal regulatory landscape update and what every legal and compliance in-house counsel needs to be aware of.

Join compliance and legal decision-makers in this opening session to address the pressing challenges facing compliance and legal departments. Amid the cost pressures and current geopolitical milestones, we’ll explore insider risk, risk appetite, and strategies to strengthen internal frameworks and avoid enforcement actions on your company’s operations.

We will also explore the increasing demand for organisations to hire Chief Geopolitical Officers into the executive team, reflecting the increased importance of these issues in the business strategy. This panel of industry experts will also discuss best practices and case studies so that you can embed a successful compliance mindset into your day-to-day work.

• Determine risk appetite for in-house legal and compliance functions to seek out priorities in 2025, balancing efficiency and cost to create a robust compliance framework.

• Discover how to leverage data and risk indicators for a more efficient, risk-oriented compliance function, setting the standard in your organisation.

• Identify key elements of successful compliance programs and how to integrate compliance into overall business operations so that you can safeguard company interests.

• Asses what is new on the AI & Tech horizon facing compliance and legal functions, whilst examining its cost over benefit return.

• Identify changes to the existing compliance framework relating to upcoming regulatory changes

• Assess the benefits of introducing a Chief Geopolitical Officer within your organisation to expand your business and to help mitigate the emerging strategic challenge of managing overseas trade, security, and compliance-related matters in the current geopolitical climate.

• Compliance Mindset:

- Increase your awareness and training tools to develop effective training and awareness programmes that can resonate with diverse employee groups across different regions and business teams.

- Understand the experience of different companies and industries and form the optimum approach towards developing a compliance mindset.