Karim Rajwani International Financial Crime Expert

Delighted to have Karim back after 6 months giving update on the shocking financial cost of Human Traffiking and Slavery. The The growth of the Follow the Money strategy is such an important addition to the investigation and interruption of crimes that are conservatively put at costing over 500 Billion dollars a year. Karim Rajwani, B.A, F.C.A. C.P.A. ACAMS talks to me of his extensive history in several settings helping combat these scourges on our communities. We discuss the growth of these crimes as well as strategies adopted to support law enforcement. We talk about the huge need for more training, awareness raising accross the world. So much known yet so much to do including practical ideas that everyone can help with–such as challenging your own financial providers-banks, insurance companies etc – to say what training their staff has had in methods to shine a light on traffikers, slavery in all its forms and child exploitation. Currently he is an independent Financial Crimes Consultant advising financial instructions, consulting firms and FinTech’s and is also on several NGOs/NPOs advisory boards focused on fighting human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. He was the SVP, Chief Operating Officer at Scotiabank, leading the bank’s Financial Crime remediation activities including transaction monitoring and screening. Mr. Rajwani also had global responsibility for AML Threat Intelligence, as well as the Strategic Planning, Project Management Office and the AML Solution Delivery. Prior to that was he was the Global Head of Financial Crime Investigations and Intelligence, the Global Head of Financial Crime Technology Strategy, and the Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Deutsche Bank. In this role he was also responsible for the AML remediation program in response to regulatory actions as well as major client investigations. He was also the Chief Anti-Money Laundering lead for the RBC Financial Group (RBC), where he oversaw the design, implementation and the day-to-day management of the Anti Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti Bribery and Corruption and High-Risk Client Management) Programs for more than 15 years. In addition, he was responsible for the AML Compliance, Investigations and Data Science teams globally.   All links referred to for further information and support https://polarisproject.org/training/ https://www.acams.org/en/training/certificates/fighting-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-part-1 https://free.learningacademy.hopeforjustice.org/store https://followmoneyfightslavery.org/events-2/ https://www.icmec.org/ https://www.protectchildren.ca/en/ https://www.iwf.org.uk/ https://www.canadianhumantraffickinghotline.ca/ https://www.modernslavery.gov.uk/start https://www.cybertip.ca/en/online-harms/sextortion/ https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/scams-and-safety/common-frauds-and-scams/sextortion https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/sexual-offences/sextortion/ https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/sextortion/ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/kidnap-and-extortion/sextortion https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/sextortion-scams-how-to-protect-yourself https://www.nspcc.org.uk/