April 2nd - 4th, 2025
AMLFC Institute: Eighth Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Prevention Hybrid Conference
AMLFC Institute Conference registration:
- Certificate of Attendance
- Digital copy of conference presentations
- Audio recordings (when authorized by speaker)
- Plated Hot Breakfast (3)
- Coffee breaks with catered snacks (5)
- Plated Lunch (2)
- Complimentary Networking Cocktail Reception (1)
PRICING (In USD) | |
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AMLFC Hybrid Conference
April 2nd, 2025 |
$549 |
AMLFC & ComplianceAid Hybrid Combo
April 3rd – 4th, 2025 |
$1,459 |
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Discounts are available via professional associations

The Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes (AMLFC) Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
AMLFC Institute and the ComplianceAid are registered sponsor on the NASBA National Registry of CPE Sponsors. The recommended CPE credits for this conference are in accordance with NASBA standards.
Early Bird Discounts Available! |
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AMLFC & ComplianceAid Combo Use Coupon Code 25offCombo to SAVE $25 (Offer Ends on February 28th) |
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Refund policy: Conference registrants may cancel if written cancellation requests are received at least 60 days prior to the start of scheduled programs. A credit voucher less 50% of the registration fee will be issued for written requests received up to 30 days prior to the start of scheduled programs. No refunds or credits are issued on cancellation requests received less than 30 days prior to the start of scheduled programs. Refunds shall incur a processing fee of $100.00 USD.
Complaints should be addressed to Michelle Martin via email at michelle@amlfc.institute.






The Eighth AMLFC Institute Hybrid Conference will take place on Wednesday April 2nd, 2025 at the AKA Brickell, Hotel Miami, This conference will host experts providing practical knowledge for executing or administering AML/CFT/CFP/FCP/ABC procedures.
Beyond complying with the AML/CFT/CFP annual training requirements, this conference will provide participants a unique opportunity to personally engage with regulators and other experts. This personal contact will allow for a better understanding of the approach to enforcement in their respective jurisdictions.
Attendees are expected from Amsterdam, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Dubai, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, United States Virgin Islands United Kingdom, Europe, Africa and Venezuela.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The conference organizers are inviting board members, business owners, CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CROs, auditors from all regulated industries operating in the Americas, including Attorneys, Accountants, Broker Dealers, Car Dealerships, Casinos & Gaming, Commercial Banks, Credit Institutions, Credit Unions, Dealers in High Value & Luxury Goods, Dealers of Precious Metal, Art or Jewelry, Development Banks, Import & Export Businesses, Insurance Companies, International Banks, Money Value Transfer Services, Mortgage Companies, Offshore Banks, Real Estate, Service Providers, Travel & Leisure, Trust & Company, etc.
Regulators, Government Officials, Members of Parliament, Public Servants and Managers of State Owned Companies are also invited to register.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
- Earn up to 18 CPEs recognized by NASBA
- Acquire CPEs
- Comply with mandatory AML/CFT/CFP/BSA/OFAC/ABC Sanction annual training requirements
- Network with key regulators
- Opportunity to host a board meeting abroad
- Network with key business executives facing similar challenges
- Deductible travel expenses in most jurisdictions
- Free time to enjoy Miami business, shopping and vibrant culture
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify country-specific issues often encountered in AML/CFT/CFP/BSA/OFAC/ABC Sanction
- Identify country-specific trends related to AML/CFT/CFP Regulation
- Identify threats associated with Trade-Based Money Laundering
- Describe the steps utilized in conducting AML/CFT/CFP Investigations
- Identify current trends in Financial Crimes Prevention (FCP)
- Identify current trends in AML/CFT/CFP/FCP Transaction Monitoring
- Identify emerging technology for AML/CFT/CFP Compliance programs; Facial Recognition (FR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)
- Identify current trends in Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Ethics
- Identify current trends in Digital Assets, FinTech and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Identify current trends related to De-risking and Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBR)
- Identify best practices for meeting the requirements of Sanctions
- Identify and describe recent enforcement actions related to FCPA, Anti Bribery & Anti Corruption violations
- Identify best practices for meeting the requirements of FATCA/CRS
- Identify best practices for meeting the requirements of Cybersecurity/Privacy/GDPR
- Cryptocurrency & The Metaverse
- Environmental Social & Governance (ESG)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
The AMLFC Institute: Eighth Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Prevention Hybrid Conference is organized by amlfc.institute. The AMLFC Institute offers professionals, regulators, law enforcement the opportunity to earn certifications in the field of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Countering the Financing of Proliferation (CFP), Financial Crimes Prevention (FCP). It partners with a network of universities promoting quality education and high standards of ethics. Its global certification scheme produces a wider pool of knowledgeable workers that is recognized internationally. The AMLFC Institute’s curriculum delivers to the marketplace individuals with practical knowledge of the field, able to work for the private sector, regulators, enforcement agencies and governments. The Chairman & CEO is Antigua born Michelle Martin, CAMLFC, CAMS, MACC, ACA. More information can be found at: https://amlfc.institute

April, 2nd | Type | Presentations Title | Speakers |
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07:30 – 08:30 | Registration | ||
08:30 – 08:40 | General Session | Welcome, Invocation & Opening Remarks | Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, AMLFC Institute and ComplianceAid, Antigua & Barbuda/Florida
Pastor, Miami, Florida |
08:40 – 09:40 | General Session Panel | Managing Money Laundering Risks In Digital Payments. How’s Your Onboarding Process? | Mrs. LaTeisha Sandy, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mr. Frank Morisano, AMLFC Institute Board of Directors,Managing Partner, Chief Financial Officer, NextAML Compliance Solutions, New York Ms. Ilieva Ageenko, AMLFC Institute Board of Directors,Todus Advisors, C-Suite Advisor and Consultant, North Carolina |
09:40 – 10:40 | General Session Panel | Interdepartmental Collaboration: Annual Know Your Employee (KYE) Review – Whose responsibility is it really? | Mr. Matthew Langevine, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Guyana
Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Belize Ms. Susan S. François, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, AML Consultant, Former Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Trinidad & Tobago |
10:40 – 11:00 | Networking | Coffee Break | |
11:00 – 12:00 | General Session Panel | Managing the Tension: Regulators, Board, Management, Compliance, Audit: Bottom-Line Profit vs Compliance | Mr. Angelo Brete, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Aruba
Ms. Carla James, Executive Director, Financial Services Authority, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
12:00 – 1:00 | Networking | Lunch | |
01:00 – 03:30 | General Session | AML-CFT-CFP-FCP Simulation (trending typologies over various regulated industries) | Mrs. Amrita Singh-Henriques, AMLFC Institute Member, Guyana
Mr. Dylan Marin, AMLFC Institute Member, Former Senior Intelligence Analyst, Financial Intelligence Unit, Trinidad & Tobago Mr. Patrick George, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, NRA Coordinator, Senior Financial Investigator/Analyst, Financial Intelligence Unit, Commonwealth of Dominica |
03:30 – 03:50 | Networking | Coffee Break | |
03:50 – 04:55 | General Session Panel | Practical Steps of Artificial intelligence (AI) in Transaction Monitoring, Investigation and Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) | Mr. Roberto Orozco, SVP Risk & Compliance, Terrabank, Florida
Mr. Don Lee, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, President, FinWebTech, Jamaica/ Florida Mr. Andrew Tennant, AMLFC Institute Board of Directors, Director, Gentium UK, United Kingdom |
04:55 – 05:00 | General Session | Closing Remarks | Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, AMLFC Institute and ComplianceAid, Antigua & Barbuda/Florida |

April, 3rd | Type | Presentation title | Speakers |
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07:30 – 08:30 | Registration | ||
08:30 – 08:40 | General Session | Welcome & Opening Remarks | Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid and AMLFC Institute Antigua & Barbuda/Florida |
08:45 – 09:30 | Keynote General Session | A New Era in Sanctions Targeting Third Country Sanction Evaders | |
09:30 – 10:15 | General Session | Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation: Regional Outlook | Ms. Dawne J. Spicer, Executive Director, Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Trinidad and Tobago |
10:15 – 10:45 | Networking | Coffee Break | |
10:45 – 11:35 | General Session Panel | How new crypto-related regulations in US and EU – such as the the Market in Crypto-Assets Regulations (MiCA/MiCAR) – are going to influence the digital assets ecosystem world-wide? | Dr. Jeremy Stephen, MSc. DIC. BSc., AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, Barbados |
11:35 – 12:30 | General Session Panel | Citizenship and Residency by Investment Programs The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. How’s Your Third Party Risk Assessment | Ms. Adrienne Lodge, Chief Operating Officer, NFC Global, Pennsylvania
Mr. Patrick George, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, NRA Coordinator, Senior Financial Investigator/Analyst, Financial Intelligence Unit, Commonwealth of Dominica Ms. Heidi-Lynn Sutton, Regulator, Financial Services (Regulation and Supervision) Department, Nevis Island Administration, Nevis |
12:30 – 01:30 | Networking | Lunch | |
01:30 – 02:15 | General Session Panel | Without Borders: Emerging Financial Fraud Trends | Mr. Kevin Lowell, Assistant Chief, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C |
02:15 – 03:15 | General Session Panel | Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO), Legal Persons (FATF Rec 24) and Legal Arrangements (FATF Rec 25) | Mrs. LaTeisha Sandy, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ms. Susan S. François, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, AML Consultant, Former Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Trinidad & Tobago |
03:15 – 03:50 | Networking | Coffee Break | |
03:55 – 04:55 | General Session Panel | Compliance Officer’s Risks and Responsibilities in a High-Risk Ecosystem. We make Risk Assessment for the Entity but we never make a Risk Assessment for the Compliance Officer Function. To file or not to file is it worth risking my life? | Mr. Dylan Marin, AMLFC Institute Member, Former Senior Intelligence Analyst, Financial Intelligence Unit, Trinidad & Tobago
Mr. Don Lee, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, President, FinWebTech, Jamaica/ Florida Mr. Roberto Orozco, SVP Risk & Compliance, Terrabank, Florida |
05:00 – 06:00 | General Session | Regulators Round up: What’s Expected from Businesses for 2025 | All Regulators |
06:15 – 07:15 | Networking | Cocktail |
April, 4th | Type | Presentation title | Speakers |
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08:30 – 09:10 | General Session Panel | Selecting the appropriate Risk Methodology for your Business Risk Assessment. What can Make-it-or -Break-it your Compliance Program? | Mr. Frank Morisano, AMLFC Institute Board of Directors,Managing Partner, Chief Financial Officer, NextAML Compliance Solutions, New York
Mr. Douglas Sloan, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, SME, Gentium UK, United Kingdom |
09:10 – 09:45 | General Session Panel | Third party Due Diligence for Virtual Assets Service Providers and Travel Rule | Mr. Warrick Ward, CEO, Financial Services Commission, Barbados |
09:50 – 10:50 | Break Out Session | Industry Specific Break Out Session to include requirements, trends/typologies, red flags, fraud, risks and mitigating techniques under AML/CFT/CFP/FCP/ABC Sanctions: | |
Financial Institutions (Banks, Credit Unions, Money Service Business, Securities/Broker Dealers, Insurance Industry, etc.) Correspondent Account Due Diligence, Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Transparency, Recent Development in Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption | Mr. Angelo Brete, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba
Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid and AMLFC Institute Antigua & Barbuda/Florida |
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Gaming and Gambling Operators (Casinos and On-line Gaming, mobile, sports betting) Focus on Sports Betting and Online Gambling Key Developments, trends/typologies, red flags, fraud, risks, mitigating techniques under AML/CFT/CFP/FCP/ABC Sanctions | Mr. Andrew Tennant, AMLFC Institute Board of Directors, Director, Gentium UK, United Kingdom
Ms. Adrienne Lodge, Chief Operating Officer, NFC Global, Pennsylvania |
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DNFBPs (Attorneys, Accountants, Real Estate, Accountants, Jewelers, Trust and Company Managements Services , etc.) Industry Focus on the requirements, trends/typologies, red flags, fraud, risks, mitigating techniques under AML/CFT/CFP/FCP/ABC Sanctions | Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Belize
Mr. Warrick Ward, CEO, Financial Services Commission, Barbados |
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Regulators: Keeping up with the evolving regulatory supervision, monitoring and enforcement landscape Focus on the National Risk Assessment | Ms. Heidi-Lynn Sutton, Regulator, Financial Services (Regulation and Supervision) Department,Nevis Island Administration, Nevis
Ms. Carla James, Executive Director, Financial Services Authority, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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10:50 – 11:20 | Networking | Coffee Break | |
11:20 – 12:20 | Break Out Session | Whistleblower Evolution to Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) | Mr. Stuart H. Deming, AMLFC Institute Member, principal with DEMING PLLC, Washington, D.C./Michigan
Mr. Yoon Chong, Managing Partner, Chong Teo Associates LLC, Professor Yoon Chong, NYU, New York |
Practical Steps on How to Incorporate Human Trafficking (HT), Proliferation Financing (PF), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) into your entity’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Program | Mr. Matthew Langevine, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Guyana
Mr. Douglas Sloan, AMLFC Institute Board of Regents, SME, Gentium UK, United Kingdom |
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Board of Directors Oversight: Key Focal Point for 2025 | Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid and AMLFC Institute Antigua & Barbuda/Florida
Mr. Lorenzo Delzoppo, Director, ComplianceAid & AMLFC Institute Advisory Board, Florida |
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12:20 – 12:30 | General Session | Closing Remarks | Ms. Michelle Martin, Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid and AMLFC Institute Antigua & Barbuda/Florida |


Ms. Michelle N. Martin


Ms. Dawne J. Spicer


Mr. Angelo Brete


Mrs. LaTeisha Sandy


Ms. Carla James


Mr. Matthew Langevine


Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann


Mr. Kevin Lowell


Mr. Warrick Ward


Mrs. Heidi-Lynn Sutton


Mrs. Susan S. François


Mr. Stuart H. Deming


Ms. Ilieva Ageenko


Mr. Roberto Orozco


Mr. Frank Morisano


Ms. Adrienne Lodge


Mr. Don Lee


Mr. Andrew Tennant


Mr. Douglas Sloan


Mr. Patrick George


Dr. Jeremy Stephen


Mr. Dylan Marin


Mr. Lorenzo Delzoppo


Mrs. Amrita Henriques


Mr. Yoon Chong






AKA Brickell, Hotel Miami (Formerly Conrad Hotel) has been selected as the 2025 Conference Venue.
The AKA Brickell Hotel luxury property is located in the heart of Miami’s booming Brickell district. Brickell is Miami and South Florida’s major financial district. Referred to as the “Manhattan of the South”, it is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States. Brickell is a dense, high-rise residential neighborhood with many upscale luxury condominiums and apartment towers and is home to several of Miami’s top restaurants, shops and places of entertainment. AKA Brickell, Hotel Miami is less than 5 minutes from downtown Miami. Downtown Miami is home to the Adrienne Arsht Center which hosts the Miami City Ballet and Florida Grand Opera, the Pérez Art Museum Miami shows contemporary art and top restaurants and shops.
The conference organizer have secured free internet access in the conference hall and guest rooms. Complimentary transportation to nearby malls will be available at the end of the conference.
A discounted group rate of USD $309 per night plus taxes is available to conference participants until Friday, March 7th, 2025. The conference organizer has secured free internet access in the conference hall and guest rooms. Complimentary transportation to nearby malls will be available at the end of the conference.
For assistance with Room Reservation please email: Petra Christie at pchristie@stayaka.com.
Nearby Attractions from AKA Brickell, Hotel Miami
- Brickell City Center Shopping and Restaurants
- Bayside Marketplace Shopping and Restaurants
- Bayfront Park
- FTX Arena
- Maurice A. Ferré Park
- Wynwood Art District
- Adrienne Arsht Center
- Miami Design District
- Miami Marlins Park
- Port of Miami
- Miami Beach
Cocktail Networking Reception at the AKA Brickell, Hotel Miami Pool Deck/ Corporate Lounge | Thursday April 3rd, 2025 |
Shopping Experience to Dolphin Mall 1:00pm ET | Friday April 4th, 2025 |















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