Fighting Financial Crime in the Digital Era - Former FATF Executive Secretary Rick McDonell

Binance Podcast

Binance Podcast has the privilege to interview Rick McDonell, Former Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Executive Secretary and Executive Director at Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). Rick shares his perspectives on how fighting financial crime has evolved over the last 30 years around the world and how blockchain technology can help to fight financial crimes in the crypto space. Rick is a lawyer by training and has had extensive experience as a federal prosecutor and in conducting complex investigations including being in charge of many multidisciplinary investigation Task Forces into organised crime cases both nationally and internationally. Mr. McDonell was the Executive Secretary of the FATF from 2007 to 2015. Prior to that he worked for the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), where he was Chief of the UN Global Programme on Money Laundering. Previously Rick established the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering and became its first Executive Secretary.