Financial Crime Forum Asia Pacific 2006 - more speakers confirmed

London, 11 May 2006

The Financial Crime Forum is delighted to announce further speakers for The Financial Crime Forum Asia Pacific 2006 which takes place in Hong Kong from 5-7 June 2006.

In addition to speakers previously announced (see www.antimoneylaundering.net for press archive) the following have confirmed their attendance.

Daniel "Danny" Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, US Treasury. Mr Glaser will explain the US Treasury's strategy for dealing with financial institutions and countries that the US considers to be "of primary money laundering concern" under the USA PATRIOT Act.

Hector Sants, Managing Director, Wholesale and Institutional Markets, Financial Services Authority, UK will present a paper on conflicts of interest and insider dealing

Claude Colasante, National Manager – Intelligence, AUSTRAC will address the Forum on Australia's new law and its implementation

Mr Gholamhossein Davani, managing partner of Iranian Audit and Financial Services firm Dayarayan will explain Iran's progress towards a counter-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime

Cliff Knuckey, formerly Detective Inspector with the Metropolitan Police specialist counter-money laundering unit SI6 will discuss the problems of identifying terrorists and politicians in a volatile world.

Brian Edwards, Programme Director, Financial Crime Forum Asia Pacific 2006 said

"The speaker panel is unrivalled on any financial crime event anywhere in the world. You can look at the FCF panel and see in depth quality without compromise. We have scoured, and continue to scour, the world for the ultimate quality of speaker and the results speak for themselves.

"Unlike commercial conference companies, the Forum does not accede to demands from vendors of products and services to be allocated speaker slots either for outright payment or as a condition of exhibition or sponsorship - indeed, we have turned down several tens of thousands of pounds-worth of exhibition or sponsorship from companies that were prepared to join the Asia Pacific Fraud, Money Laundering and Compliance Technology Exhibition on condition they were allocated speaker slots in order to maintain the integrity of the speaker panel."

The Financial Crime Forum Asia Pacific 2006 is the first of four events to be held globally over the next year with the next event being held in Capetown, South Africa, in September 2006.

Website: http://www.financialcrimeforum.com
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Telephone: FCF at +44 207 107 9512

The Financial Crime Forum is an initiative of Vortex Centrum Limited, a UK corporation, part of The Anti Money Laundering Network.