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December 12, 2019

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Contents

Documents ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Welcoming Remarks ..................................................................................................................... 12

Congressman Robert Pittenger ................................................................................................. 12

Mariano Federici ....................................................................................................................... 13

Keynote Address ........................................................................................................................... 14

Dan Coats, former Director of National Intelligence................................................................ 14

Opening Statements ...................................................................................................................... 15

Brent McIntosh, Undersecretary of the Treasury ..................................................................... 15

Dr. Charles Clancy, the MITRE Corporation ........................................................................... 17

Juan Zarate, Sightspan .............................................................................................................. 18

Current Trends of Global Jihad and the Return of Foreign Fighters ............................................ 19

Robin Simcox, the Heritage Foundation ................................................................................... 19

Joseph Humire, Center for a Secure Free Society .................................................................... 20

Martin Rapaport ........................................................................................................................ 21

Emanuele Ottolenghi, Foundation for Defense of Democracies .............................................. 22

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Financial Software and Advanced Analytics ............................ 23

Craig Timm, Bank of America ................................................................................................. 23

Stuart Jones, CEO, Sigma Ratings ............................................................................................ 24

United States Senator Ted Cruz .................................................................................................... 25

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Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology ............................................................................. 26

David Schwartz, FIBA .............................................................................................................. 26

Troy Paredes, Former Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission .................. 27

Adversarial Foreign Investments, Illicit Finance, Trade-Based Money Laundering.................... 27

J.R. Helmig, SAS ...................................................................................................................... 27

John Cassara, AML/CTF Expert............................................................................................... 28

Derek Maltz, Former Special OPS DOJ ................................................................................... 29

Kristen Reif, Philip Morris International .................................................................................. 30

Panel on Transnational Cooperation and the Role of Financial Intelligence Units ...................... 31

Alejo Campos, Crimestoppers .................................................................................................. 31

Mariano Federici (FIU Argentina) and Jerome Beaumont (Egmont Group) ........................... 32

Andreas Frank (EU AML) and Michael Braun (Former DEA COO) ...................................... 32

Congressmen French Hill and Bill Huizenga ............................................................................... 33

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Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

December 12, 2019

Dirksen Senate Office Building – Washington, D.C.

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Welcoming Remarks

Congressman Robert Pittenger

The forum began with opening remarks from former

United States Congressman Robert Pittenger. During his

remarks, Congressman Pittenger remarked on why these

fora began. In the wake of the Edward Snowden

revelations, the vulnerability of security infrastructure

became visible to the entire globe. It was seen that not

only the United States, but a whole host of nations also

lack the tools necessary to be able to combat issues that

could arise that closely resemble the Snowden incident.

In a time in which the global landscape is increasingly

dynamic with emerging technologies that have the ability to disrupt current international norms

and systems, it is now more important than ever to collaborate with those around the world to

share expertise and practices in order to confront the new challenges of the 21

century. For this

very reason, these fora were started: to provide expert testimonies and international best practices

in a series of engaging dialogues so that the world of the future is one that is safe. It is his hope

that the forum today will continue to follow in the footsteps of the previous forums that have

been largely credited with major steps that have been taken throughout the world to improve

security capabilities.

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Mariano Federici

Mariano Federici, the former President of Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit, began his

opening remarks in noting how the dynamic world today has been growing more inter-

dependent. In the international context, there is more complexity in all of these global

interactions than ever before. One of these complexities can be seen in capitalism, which has

brought prosperity while also bringing about risk. Of these risk factors, one of note is

transnational crime, such as illicit finance, which has grown as the world has further globalized.

While life is safer now than ever before, humanity as a whole has also been less likely to take

risks, and that is dangerous. What we can see as a result is that South America, North Africa, and

other regions have lost more than 30% of their banking relationships. The loss of those

relationships lowers the flow of information that is needed to reliably track illicit money flows.

Governments and their security organizations must not stop taking risks, because sitting

passively will allow for bad actors to conversely, take more risks.

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Keynote Address

Dan Coats, former Director of National Intelligence

The honorable Dan Coats began his keynote address by noting how this is a world that we all

share. As a result, the key to making a difference is through cooperation. Currently, the principal

threats to US security are international

terrorism, Syria, China, and Russia. There has

been a proliferation of public demonstrations

against authorities throughout the world that

begin as a result of a variety of causes, ranging

from increased prices to election fraud. To

elaborate with examples, the demonstrations in

Iran began with increased gas prices. The

demonstrations in Lebanon began with

corruption and social media prices. The

demonstrations in Chile began with increases in

subway fares and the demonstrations in Bolivia

and even in Moscow were due to election fraud. David Brooks argues that these protests are 10x

bigger stories than impeachment. Mr. Coats acknowledged that he knows these protests are not

the primary subject of the forum, but that they show a growing norm that threatens governments

and stability.

Speaking on what he perceives to be very relevant emerging threats, Mr. Coats then began to

speak on technological changes. Changes ranging from artificial intelligence to IP protections

present new capabilities for wealth and threats that were previously unimagined in human

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history. Congress created the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence to get a

handle on emerging technologies and threats, but more is needed. A new such initiative that

could be likened to the Manhattan project that applies to AI, 5G, and quantum computing would

be the best way to tackle these emerging challenges and governments must work with the private

sector in order to be successful.

Speaking on China, Mr. Coats explained how President Xi Jinping formally declared the pursuit

of complete technological dominance over the west by 2047. But in the nearer future, the

Chinese President laid out other goals that must be met before this. These goals include Chinese

dominance of the top ten global technologies (such as robotics) by 2025 and Chinese superiority

in all advanced technologies by 2035. The United States is falling behind on the technological

landscape and Mr. Coats urged the creation of a national lab to advance these technologies.

Beijing has the largest government departments in the world that focus on artificial intelligence,

for example, and they are working on the military application of AI, viewing it as the way to

narrow the gap between their military and the West’s. Closing his keynote address, the honorable

Mr. Coats stated that on the world stage, President Xi is the most competent leader and we must

do all we can to not fall behind.

Opening Statements

Brent McIntosh, Undersecretary of the Treasury

Undersecretary McIntosh focused on the subject of cryptocurrencies. In reference to

cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency that are of note because they actually

utilize a basket of assets to back the currency. What can be seen as a growing trend is the

establishment of central bank-backed digital currencies that operate on a similar framework to

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stablecoins. However, a colleague of his once remarked

that stablecoins are neither stable, nor coins. On the

aspect of regulatory supervision, crypto has been used

for illicit sales, human trafficking, money laundering,

terrorism financing, and more. As a result, the Treasury

told crypto operators that they must regulate their

currencies and FinCen told them they must enforce anti-

money laundering regulations as traditional currencies.

The emergence of new cryptocurrencies, such as Libra,

even with their regulatory risks, are due to the

inefficiencies of the money system. As ministers of

government, we must look at these inefficiencies and

address them whilst addressing the questions of these digital currencies. On the traditional

banking system, one of the inefficiencies that can be seen is that of deposit-banking, which is no

longer profitable nor even use much at all with digital currencies. On the topic of foreign

investment risks, the Treasury believes that FDI promotes growth and innovation but not all FDI

is benign. This belief translated into needed reforms such as those seen with the CIFIUS protocol

reform. Now, every FDI transaction is analyzed on a case-by-case basis with robust analysis.

Additionally, CIFIUS’s jurisdiction has been broadened by Congress, granting the ability to get

to “non-controlling” transactions; i.e., any transaction that can pose national security risks such

as those dealing with personal data or sensitive technology. A loophole was closed that allowed

for real estate transactions regarding property located next to locations with sensitive

technologies to be purchased by foreign actors. Undersecretary McIntosh concluded his remarks

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by stressing the necessity of international collaboration, stating how currently there are 40+

countries with whom there is collaboration on their investment regimes but more can always be

done.

Dr. Charles Clancy, the MITRE Corporation

Doctor Clancy began his statement by identifying technologies such as 5G, AI, and quantum

computing to be the key tech areas in both military and commercial sectors. Future conflicts will

ultimately consist of robots fighting in cyberspace and as a result, a thriving technology sector

will be necessary to provide the environment for economic and military power. Now until the

2000s did companies such as Huawei focus globally,

having their products develop with stolen intellectual

property (even offering employees incentives for

stealing intellectual property). There has been a

deliberate effort to move China from being an imitator

to an innovator. On the international stage, this was

seen in 2013 with the Belt and Road Initiative, which

was a Chinese international strategy that focused on

investments in physical and digital infrastructure

throughout key countries. An example of this was a port

that was built in Sri Lanka as a part of this initiative,

which was used as a debt trap in China’s favor.

The threats on the global landscape due to increasing

Chinese capabilities in the technological arena can be imagined with the global

telecommunications system. Huawei and ZTE together control 30% of the market share in global

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telecommunications and could theoretically take down portions of the internet for half an hour if

they wanted to. China is outpacing the United States in artificial intelligence, patents, and more.

They have even spoken about their surveillance technology that they have used to track ethnic

minorities as they move through cities and they are using the Belt and Road Initiative to export

this surveillance technology to authoritarian regimes throughout the world. Since China has

insourced much of its supply chain, the United States does not have as much leverage now as we

used to. Dr. Clancy stated that the US must make

more investments in its national innovation

because the US should place more of a focus on

investment than on just punitive measures in order

to combat the growing threat of China.

Juan Zarate, Sightspan

Over the past two decades, there has been a focus

on financial security and transparency. Mr. Zarate

explained vital contextual areas that pose real risks

as they evolve. Nefarious actors have been

growing more sophisticated with their illicit finance schemes and they’ve also been blending

terror and organized crime due to economic opportunities and scale. They’ve acquired the ability

to blend these schemes with legitimate trade and finance and many insurgent groups such as ISIS

and others in India and Africa are becoming economics unto themselves as a result.

New technology keeps on being developed every day that will present new challenges in the

realm of combating illicit finance. There has been an explosion of ransomware that can be paid

for with cryptocurrencies and this can be used to avoid sanctions, as North Korea has done, and

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to profit. The establishment of new payment systems that don’t provide traceability make it

harder to track who’s behind trade flows through a system that utilizes several intermediaries.

IBM has proven the use of quantum encryption on the cloud, showcasing quantum capabilities

that were science fiction less than a decade ago.

There must also be a focus on policy because there is a significant amount of risk associated with

data and while policy consistently evolves, it has not fully addressed these risks. The question

that must be answered is that of what is being done with all of the data that has been aggregated

by companies, organizations, or even countries like China. How can politicians purchase

expensive properties that are not commiserate with their public salaries and known income? We

must assume that they can do this through illicit means. The financial system has been under

more attacks by state and non-state actors and now there is the new threat of cyber-enabled

economic warfare.

Current Trends of Global Jihad and the Return of Foreign Fighters

Robin Simcox, the Heritage Foundation

Mr. Simcox began his talk by focusing on the violent consequences that have been seen through

the release of many of the terror prisoners who were previously imprisoned in Europe. The

problem must be analyzed from its origin. In

troubled areas in the Middle East that have been

affected by ISIS, many children have been

exposed to the caliphate’s ideology and

propaganda. ISIS propaganda has shown children

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being taught how to murder people and how to blow up cars. How do we mitigate potential

threats and help to reverse this ideology?

The global jihadist movement is in flux at the moment; it is directionless. However, there are still

many countries with extremist activity or Al-Qaeda/ISIS-oriented groups. Some of these

countries include Syria, Iraq, Yemen, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, India, Trinidad and

Tobago, and many more. All of these factors provide opportunities for groups such as Al-Qaeda

or ISIS to exploit. We have deficiencies in these areas which we must work on. We were unable

to foresee the East attacks in Sri Lanka and they were large-scale attacks, of which we should

have been able to foresee and prevent.

Joseph Humire, Center for a Secure Free Society

Mr. Humire focused on counter-threat networks.

Specifically, he stated that there must be a focus on

transregional threat networks in order to counter them.

Trinidad and Tobago does have a terrorist problem,

they were previously aligned with Al-Qaeda and now

they are likely aligned with ISIS. We must do more

work to anticipate terrorist attacks, it is not enough to

simply react to them. Many countries do not have the

provisions to designate terrorists until they commit

some sort of criminal act. However, this is starting to

change. Now, foreign terrorist groups are starting to be

designated as such. Argentina did so with Hezbollah under President Macri, thus being the first

Latin American country to have a directory of foreign terrorists and thus, having the capability of

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enacting penalties. Latin America has had much experience with domestic terrorism

(communists, nationalists, etc.) and has established protocols for such, but not until now have we

started to see protocols for foreign terrorists.

Martin Rapaport

Mr. Rapaport spoke of the impact of the diamond trade on

illicit finance. The criminal benefits or diamonds are that they

are very valuable and easy to move. The value of trade in the

diamond industry is estimated at around $7.5billion every day.

The United States exports $5billion worth of diamonds more

than it imports and the United States does not produce any

diamonds. Many other countries have similar sets of situations

and so what we’re seeing is the bifurcation of markets. The bifurcation is occurring in legitimate

markets with legitimate supply chains and shady markets.

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Emanuele Ottolenghi, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Mr. Ottolenghi focused his talk on Hezbollah and its role

in trade-based money laundering and the role that plays in

terrorist activity. When it comes to trade-based money

laundering(TBML) for illicit activity, Hezbollah does not

only distribute the products but they also broker them and

ensure that the money in the illicit transactions is

delivered to the seller minus the commission that is used

to finance terror. On the topic of immigration, Mr.

Ottolenghi remarked on how many people decide to take

the risks of the journey because those risks are less than

the risks they’d be faced with if they stayed in their terror-ravaged countries. Providing some

more information on how Hezbollah and other groups engage in TBML, Mr. Ottolenghi

explained how legitimate facades in the forms of import/export companies are needed to create

paper trails. These paper trails provide a mask of legitimacy that is needed in order to accumulate

the supplies needed for terror operations. An example of this was seen in Panama when ice packs

for first aid kits were slowly amassed through bulk purchases through Hezbollah front companies

in order to produce bombs. The Hezbollah operative who was apprehended for this activity was

in the United States and had plans to bomb the Panama Canal.

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Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Financial Software and Advanced

Analytics

Craig Timm, Bank of America

The use of technology in order to better

understand risk was the focus of Mr. Timm.

Specifically, Mr. Timm looked at AI in the

financial crimes space and how banks are using

it. The primary challenge in getting AI to work

is the collection of data. Data is needed in order

to teach an AI system how to be accurate.

Additionally, feedback is important because it

is important to know which data and which

reports are helpful.

Mr. Timm also touched upon behavioral

analytics. Behavioral analytics is the use of data in order to understand client behavior in the

banking space. However, data can be used to analyze behavior in order to make predictions

outside of the banking space as well. Traditionally, banks have not had the tools for behavioral

analytics in the aspect of financial crimes. However, now some banks such as Bank of America

are employing it to find illicit activity or illicit finance. He stated that with AI technology,

they’ve been able to find over 50 characteristics that are considered “bad” and with technology,

are able to look at several transactions at a time in order to identify illicit activity. This has

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helped thwart many criminal actions such as charities that have been involved with terrorist

financing.

Stuart Jones, CEO, Sigma Ratings

The CEO of Sigma Ratings, Stuart Jones spoke on how

governments can collaborate to make data available.

There is data that governments have collected on

politically exposed people and governments have the

capability to gather more data. However, this comes with

the risk of intrusions of privacy on citizenry.

Governments must work together to develop strategies to

integrate internal as well as external data in a trustworthy

and efficient manner. Integrating and linking this data

would make it dynamic and this is critical for using data to improve outcomes in combatting

illicit activity and improving overall processes.

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United States Senator Ted Cruz

US Senator Ted Cruz spoke on the importance of

freedom not just in America, but throughout the

world. He stated that he felt that it was a privilege

to be able to champion freedom as a Senator and

he has been working to do so throughout the

entirety of his public life. One of the greatest

triumphs of freedom was the downfall of the

Berlin Wall. For the longest time, the Berlin Wall

was the symbol of oppression and division as it

physically divided West and East Berlin. On the

western side of the wall, the citizenry enjoyed

numerous freedoms and the prosperity that comes

with it. On the east side, the citizens suffered

under an oppressive regime and without freedom, the entire area was in disarray and lagged

behind the prosperity of the west. Fights for freedom did not end with the fall of the Berlin Wall,

however. Fights for freedom continue to this very day and the Senator recounted a story on how

he has continued this fight throughout his time in the Senate. On this subject, Senator Cruz

referred to China and its oppression of dissenting voices. Through Senator Cruz’s efforts, he

managed to get China to release an important journalistic prisoner whom had voiced concerns

over China’s policies. In order to do so, Senator Cruz deferred to the importance of symbolism.

As a Senator, he was able to have influence over the street name in front of the Chinese Embassy

in Washington DC and thus, in order to get China to release its prisoner, Senator Cruz moved to

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rename the street after the prisoner. Much like how the Berlin Wall was a symbol of oppression,

changing the street name would have been a symbol of freedom, specifically, freedom of speech.

The strength of this symbolism was enough to spur China to offer to release its prisoner in

exchange for maintaining the previous street name. Senator Cruz concluded his remarks by

stating that the fight for freedom is one that will continue and even through the smallest actions,

we can all fight to secure freedom and prosperity for the world.

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology

David Schwartz, FIBA

Mr. Schwartz began his talk on cryptocurrency by explaining how blockchain is the technology

on which cryptocurrency works. The purpose of crypto was to have a decentralized currency and

since it’s a commodity, it’s worth only as much as people want to pay for it. Another perceived

benefit of cryptocurrency is anonymity but it is not

entirely anonymous, but there are ways to mask oneself

if someone were to be proficient enough. However,

there is a lot of risk associated with cryptocurrency and

that is the reason why banks won’t go anywhere near

it. One of the reasons for this perceived risk is the

unreliability of the currency, as its value can be very

volatile. In addition, cryptocurrency does not have the

best reputation as countries such as Venezuela

developed their own cryptocurrency in order to

circumvent international sanctions.

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Troy Paredes, Former Commissioner, US

Securities and Exchange Commission

The former Commissioner of the US SEC, Troy

Paredes, gave quick remarks on how entities

classify assets. Specifically, he explained the

determinations around classifying if an asset is a

security, a currency, or a commodity. There is a

practical significance to the classification of the

asset. For example, if an asset is a security, then

all of the securities laws are triggered and

applied to it. If it’s a commodity, them all of the

commodities futures regulations are applied to it.

Thus, when analyzing the potential benefits and risks of assets, one must ask which regulatory

regimes would be triggered by its existence?

Adversarial Foreign Investments, Illicit Finance, Trade-Based Money

Laundering

J.R. Helmig, SAS

Mr. Helmig, the Innovation Lead of Global Security Intelligence at SAS opened by stating that if

you do not have an artificial intelligence or an internet-of-things strategy in place already, you’re

five years behind. Many analysts for authorities around the world spend maybe 80% of their time

cleaning data; this needs to be reversed because it is an inefficient use of labor and time. In order

to reverse this trend, data processes must be automated through the incorporation of AI, as has

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been discussed earlier in the forum. Improvements in data analysis through automation would

allow for a more efficient defense against trade-based money laundering (TBML). Bu going after

TBML, a government could earn a return on the investment of data collection costs within 6-9

months by recouping those lost taxes and then a government could use those profits to hire more

personnel to bolster law enforcement capabilities.

John Cassara, AML/CTF Expert

Author and AML/CTF expert John Cassara spoke

on the unnoticed threat of the Chinese underground

banking system. To provide some context, Mr.

Cassara provided some statistics: officially, the

World Bank estimates that there were around

$150billion in remittances out of the United States

in the previous year. However, the IMF estimates

that unofficial remittances probably totaled over

$1trillion per year. One of the primary methods to

illicitly transfer remittances is through “flying

money” brokers in a system that is pervasive in the

Chinese underground banking system. While

authorities do not want to interfere with legal

remittances by hard working immigrants, it is important to combat the issue of flying money due

to the sheer amount of remittances that are transferred that avoid taxation and regulation. Not

only do these remittances avoid taxation and regulation, the very fact that they are opaque in

nature makes them very lucrative for criminals. The methods that are used for flying money

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primarily depend on invoice manipulation in trade, otherwise referred to as TBML. This method

of illicit financial transfers is pervasive in all types of criminal activity.

Derek Maltz, Former Special OPS DOJ

Former Special OPS agent Derek Maltz

recalled how he helped build a network

in the DEA. However, he stressed that

much more has to be done. Today, there

are more kids dying to drugs than before

and we must unite to combat this as one

law enforcement agency alone is not

strong enough to do so. Cartels are able

to move their money globally through

methods such as the previously

mentioned “flying money” form of

TBML. Speaking on an example called

Project Cassandra, which was a US investigation into Hezbollah and the terrorist organization’s

funding. The DEA knew that Hezbollah had been increasingly involved with drugs and

organized crime in order to fund its activities and had been channeling funds from the Americas

through Africa in order to reach Hezbollah in Lebanon. However, this initiative had its

limitations and while the DEA had about 300 possible companies working with Hezbollah in the

United States, they were only able to hit 30 of them because of a lack of unity and cooperation

between law enforcement agencies.

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Kristen Reif, Philip Morris International

Kristen Reif of Philip Morris International spoke about the role that cigarettes play in trade-based

money laundering. Cigarettes are one of the most widely-used commodities in illicit activity due

to the global demand for them and due to their small size, which makes it easy to transport large

quantities of them that could mask TBML through invoice manipulation. In emphasizing the

perceived importance that criminal organizations have of cigarettes, she referenced the Medellin

Cartel in Colombia. Pablo Escobar started off smuggling cigarettes before becoming the biggest

cocaine dealer in the world. It is important to recognize the impact that cigarettes play in TBML

in order to more effectively identify when illicit activity is occurring.

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Panel on Transnational Cooperation and the Role of Financial

Intelligence Units

Alejo Campos, Crimestoppers

Mr. Campos remarked that within the last ten

years in Latin America, we have learned that we

must work with all organizations in all sectors in

order to combat TBML. The private sector, the

public sector, universities, law enforcement,

regular citizens, and many other entities can play

big roles through cooperation. Crimestoppers has

been working with GAFILAT in order to fight

TBML and they work to help support authorities.

In Panama in the l ast month, there were more than

$2million in illicit goods from anonymous reports.

In the Colon Free Trade Zone, five new cases

where drugs, weapons, human trafficking and more

have been involved have been opened with help from anonymous reports. This stresses the

importance that working with the people themselves as they can help provide invaluable

information to authorities in the fight against crime.

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Mariano Federici (FIU Argentina) and Jerome Beaumont (Egmont Group)

In the panel, Mr. Federici stressed

that we need strong and

independent FIUs in order to

effectively combat illicit activity.

He stressed the importance of

maintaining independence so that

FIUs may be insulated from

politics. This is especially important

when countries are dealing with pervasive corruption in government. Mr. Beaumont added to

Mr. Federici’s remarks by stating that the strength of FIUs must also be stressed because they

have to be better-equipped to fight terrorist financing and TBML. There has to be more

interagency cooperation so that information can be shared that would be vital for this purpose.

Andreas Frank (EU AML) and Michael Braun

(Former DEA COO)

Mr. Frank stressed the importance of cooperation

between countries, stating that we must not focus on

interagency cooperation but must also include

international cooperation. This is essential in order to

win the fight against illicit finance. The role that

international cooperation is a large one and the benefits

can be seen in all manners of activities, not only in the

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combat of TBML. One must only look at Iran in order to

know the importance of not undermining each other.

Mr. Braun wanted to highlight the important points made by

some of the other panelists. The important role that FIUs play

in facilitating international prosecutions should not be

ignored and he agrees that they should be strengthened and

allowed to be independent and insulated from politics.

Congressmen French Hill and Bill Huizenga

Congressman French Hill spoke about some reviews

of the World Bank and the International Monetary

Fund (IMF). Speaking about 2020’s review of the

CIFIUS Bill that was signed into law in 2018, he

explained how the review will assess third world

countries and other countries to see if they are

keeping with transparency best practices (accounting

practices) so that sovereign lending through the IMF

is done correctly. On the World Bank side, it’s seeing

that China graduates from a preferential rates status

and it is also considering the merits of a digital dollar

that’s crypto-based through blockchain technology.

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Congressman Bill Huizenga, adding to the final

remark on cryptocurrency, focused on China and the

fact that they have set up their own cryptocurrency.

He stated that the United States has to confront the

reality that China could set the pace on

cryptocurrency on the world stage and we must do

everything we can to not fall behind.

Congressman Bill Huizenga and Chairman Robert Pittenger

Chairman Robert Pittenger and Congressman French Hill

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Congressman Robert Pittenger and Senator Dan Coats, former Director of National Intelligence

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The Honorable Juan Zarate with Congressman Pittenger

The Honorable Brent McIntosh, Undersecretary of the

Treasury, with Congressman Pittenger

Congressman Pittenger with Congressman Chris Stewart

Members of the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

Steering Committee, at a post-forum planning breakfast

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Attendees

Albania

The Honorable Lefter Maliqi

Dr. Kostaq Papa

Algeria

Ms. Wafa Ameuri

Argentina

Counsellor Marcos Stancanelli

Dr. Alejandro Itzcovich

Ms. Natalia Andrada

Ms. Maria Ines Rodriguez Ledermann

Mr. Sergio Daniel Otiana

Austria

Ambassador Martin Weiss

DCM Guenther Salzmann

Belgium

Brigadier General Georges Franchomme

The Honorable Kristof Calvo

The Honorable Gaelle Powis de Tenbossche

Bolivia

Deputy Jose Carlos Gutierrez Vargas

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Honorable Prodanovic Lazar

Botswana

DCM Wame Phetlhu

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Brazil

Mr. Rafael de Mata

Councilman Major Elitusalem

Deputy João Carlos Soares Gurgel

Bulgaria

Mr. Dimitar Lazarov

General Constantin Popov

Mr. Valentin Kasabov

Mr. Elhan Kalkov

Mr. Filip Popov

Ambassador Tihomir Stoytchev

Mrs. Dona Kovacheva

Mrs. Tatyana Karadzhova

Mr. Georgi Ovcharov

Cameroon

The Honorable Etoundi Essomba

Canada

Ms. Georganne Burke

Senator Josée Forest-Niesing

Mr. Ari Laskin

The Honorable Leona Alleslev

The Honorable Anju Dhillon

Mr. Jérôme Beaumont

Chad

Colonel Naimbaye Yelké Dasnan

Mr. Chabadine Youssouf

Colombia

Mr. Arturo Restrepo

Congo

Ambassador Serge Mombouli

Mr. Stephane B. Mamaty

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Côte d’Ivoire

Mr. Gerard Kouame

Croatia

Ms. Lara Romano

Czechia

The Honorable Ondřej Benešík

Mr. Jan Lipavsk�½

Ms. Tereza Vorlová

Denmark

The Honorable Ellen Trane Nørby

Ecuador

Mr. Juan Carlos Sanchez

Mr. Byron Vinicio Suquilanda Valdivieso

Egypt

The Honorable Dalia Youssef

Mr. Barakat Elleithy

El Salvador

Counselor Luis Aparicio

France

The Honorable Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam

Mr. Boris Toucas

Germany

Mr. Juergen Kaltenstadler

Mr. Oezcan Mutlu

The Honorable Petra Grimm-Benne

Dagmar Frank

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Ghana

Brigadier General Abu Alhassan

Mr. Joseph Ngmenibayihe

Mr. Bernard K. Acquah

Hong Kong

The Honorable James To Kun-sun

Hungary

Mr. Gábor Bascó

Mr. Csaba Hende

Kese Beatrix

Mr. Zoltán Sáringer

India

Patel Anupriya

Ireland

Mr. Brian Cahalane

Counsellor Joe Gavin

David P.B. Norris

Jonathan O’Brien

Neale Richmond

Louise O’Reilly

Dessie Ellis

Sean Sherlock

Brendan Griffin

Michael Noonan

Catherine Connolly

Danny Healy-Rae

Jordan

Mr. Ahamd Habashneh

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Latvia

Ambassador Ojars Eriks Kalnins

Mr. Janis Dombrava

Laila Timrota

Inese Libina-Egnere

Ainars Latkovskis

Rihards Kols

Lithuania

The Honorable Emanuelis Zingeris

Mr. Antanas Pazarauskas

Mr. Tadas Kubilius

Luxembourg

Sven Clement

Macedonia

The Honorable Vladimir Gjorchev

Madagascar

Mr. Adoghi Jorvelinho Pilaza

Malawi

Ms. Agnes Nkusankhoma

The Honorable Ajilu Richard Kalitendere Machinga

The Honorable Kenneth Zikhale Reeves Ng’oma

The Honorable Susan Dossi

Ambassador Edward Sawerengera

Mrs. Violet Skeva

Mali

Deputy Karim Keita

Ms. Muna Belle

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Malta

Speaker Ancel Farrugia Migneco

The Honorable Mario Galea

The Honorable Keith Azzopardi

Mr. Charles Calleja

Mexico

Martha Tagle Martinez

Montenegro

The Honorable Nebojsa Medojevic

Namibia

Mr. Jerome Mutumba

Netherlands

The Honorable Martijn van Helvert

Mr. Theo van der Werf

New Zealand

The Honorable Judith Collins

Paul Eagle

Fletcher Tabuteau

The Honorable Jacinda Ardern

Jan Tinetti

Nicaragua

Francisco Campbell

Norway

Mr. Trond Helleland

Panama

DCM Carmen Mora

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Paraguay

Deputy Luis Jose Gonzalez

Ms. Claudia Andrea Escobar Rey

Mr. Arnaldo Franco

Mr. Fidel Zavala

Mr. Sebastian Garcia

Ms. Katya Gonzalez

Mr. Fernando Silva Facetti

Mr. Carlos Arregui

Mr. Jose Cantero Sienra

Mr. Andres Lu

Philippines

DCM Patrick Chuasoto

Poland

Mr. Łukasz Czekierda

Romania

The Honorable Andi Gabriel Grosaru

Ms. Stefana Rotaru

Singapore

Mr. Desmond Lim

Slovakia

Mr. Martin Peter

Mr. Roman Chandoga

Mr. Tomas Poloma

Ms. Lenka Turaz

Slovenia

Stanislav Vidovic

Mr. Damir Devcic

The Honorable Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti

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Somalia

Ambassador Ali Sharif Ahmed

Mr. Abdirahman Shariff

South Sudan

Mr. Angong Acuil

Mr. Dombek Yai Kuol

Spain

Arturo Relanzon

Sri Lanka

Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana

Sudan

Ambassador Magdi Ahmed Mofadal Elnour

Switzerland

Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud

Tajikistan

Mr. Majidzoda Jurahon Zoir

Togo

The Honorable Frederic Edem Hegbe

Mr. Awoki Koinzi

Uganda

Nanyondo Veronica Namaganda

Ambassador Santa M. Laker Kinyera

Brigadier General Stephen Kashure

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United States

Mr. David Schwartz

Mr. E.J. Kimball

Mr. Ben Davis

Professor Hugo Bonilla

Mr. Gordon Bowen

Ms. Ruth Levush

Mr. Peter Roudik

Ms. Maria Sierra

Mr. Brian Polk

Mr. Bill Nosal

Mr. Mike Silverman

Edward Hill

Derek Maltz

J.C. Boggs

Ms. Morgan Chalfant

Ms. Giovanna Cinelli

John Collingwood

Brett Fetterly

Ms. Sarah Prescott

Mr. David Lynch

Ms. Nelson Peters

Mr. Joe Walters

Dr. Marvin Feuer

Mr. Jamie Gough

Congressman Todd Rokita

Mr. Jesse Spiro

Mr. Luke Sully

Mr. Peter Clanton

Congressman Steve King

Mr. Bill Maupin

Mr. Brad Harmon

Mr. Faruk Okcetin

Mr. Dan Spuller

Mr. Greg Henderson

Mr. Mark Stevens

Ms. Leah Campos

Ms. Tatanya Szeliga

Mr. Jose Cruz

Major General William Walker

Dr. Mauricio Vásquez

Uzbekistan

Ambassador Javlon Vakhabov

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Zambia

Ambassador Ngosa Simbyakula

Brigadier General Jabes Zulu

Mr. Sililo Mutaba

Zimbabwe

The Honorable Dought Ndiweni

The Honorable Concillia Chinanzvavana

Mr. James Chidakwa

The Honorable Settlement Chikwinya

Mr. Jacob Mudenda