Financial Crime Event Calendar
Find meetings and events that support the Operation Shamrock goals to stop scams and financial crimes. Click on a calendar image or scroll down to the list below for more details.
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Cybercrime’s Demise Imagined: eCrime 2026
The APWG eCrime 2026 Lisboa symposium will examine responses to cybercrime and showcase new research about counter-cybercrime techniques and technologies. Erin West will speak about ways to disrupt financial confidence scams.
ACAMS: The Assembly MENA
Erin West of Operation Shamrock will deliver a keynote at the upcoming ACAMS virtual event focused on the Middle East and North Africa Region.
November Train the Trainer
Sign up for an online training to help your community. Operation Shamrock gives you tools to educate others about how to protect themselves against scammers.
Thomson Reuters SYNERGY2026
Erin West will provide the risk keynote at the upcoming Synergy2026 conference. The event includes tracks for corporate professionals; law firm and government agencies; and tax, audit, and accounting firms.
Safer Ecommerce Day Virtual Event
Join the 4th Annual Safer Ecommerce Day—a free virtual event where risk, compliance, and fraud professionals connect and learn directly from top industry experts about the latest best practices for fighting illicit online activity.
Cybersecurity Month Webinar: Fighting Sextortion with Operation Shamrock
Erin West joins the California Community Colleges Security Center to talk about the difficult, but important, topic of sextortion. West works on the front lines, exposing and disrupting online blackmail and romance-based financial scams worldwide.
Money 20/20 USA
Erin West will join the Incognia team at Money 20/20 to share about her travel to Cambodia and what she found in the scam compounds at Money 20/20.
Octopus Conference
Erin West will speak at the Council of Europe Octopus Conference, one of the largest and most prominent global platforms for exchange on cybercrime.
ACAMS: The Assembly Las Vegas
Changing enforcement expectations, new and growing fraud risks, ever-evolving technology, and geopolitical developments are colliding in real time. AFC teams must make high-stakes decisions with incomplete guidance and often-conflicting signals.
2026 IAFCI International Training Conference
Erin West and Paul Raffile will speak about what they discovered in Nigeria, where they investigated sextortion scammers and directly interviewed members of the Yahoo Boys scam movement.
2nd Annual Financial Crimes & Anti-Money Laundering Conference 2026
Operation Shamrock’s Erin West is scheduled to deliver two sessions at the upcoming conference: “Transnational Crime and Pig Butchering” and “Human Trafficking and Victim Recovery.” Topics at the second annual event focus on law enforcement.
Cook County Regional Organized Crime Conference 2026
The 2026 Cook County State’s Attorney Regional Organized Crime Task Force Conference includes Operation Shamrock Founder Erin West and former Federal National Security Prosecutor Barry Jonas as key speakers.
Black Hat USA 2026
Erin West will present at the Financial Threat Summit at Black Hat USA. The summit brings together senior leaders to explore security challenges and the future threat landscape, including cyber risk, fraud, and financial crime.
Training: Inside the World of Pig Butchering Scams
To support members in training and CPEs, the Greater Kansas City Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners is providing a live virtual training, “Inside the World of Pig Butchering Scams: The Human Cost and Criminal Networks Behind the Fraud.”
Briefing: The Rising National Security Threat of Overseas Compounds
Join AARP and featured speaker Erin West in Washington, DC, for a congressional staff briefing on the growth of overseas scam compounds and their impact on Americans, national security, and the global economy.
Scamdemic: How Digital Scam Farms Are Stealing Money Around the World
Erin West will join the Fulbright Association for a webinar to explore how criminal scam networks operate, why they are spreading, and how we can fight back.
Pig Butchering, Transnational Organized Crime, and Protecting Your People
Pig butchering scams are one of the most pervasive and financially damaging forms of fraud — driven by transnational criminal networks operating at scale. Join a webinar with Erin West, former prosecutor and anti-scam advocate, to learn how to address these scams.
June Victim Support Forum
Our June meeting for survivors, victims, and supporters will feature two survivor sharing their experience, insight, and efforts toward recovery.
Train the Trainer: Operation Shamrock
Join us online to learn about common scams and get resources to help educate your community about protecting themselves from digital crime.
SIFMA AML 26
Erin West will deliver a keynote about the scam industry and her recent travels to scam compounds in Cambodia at AML26, the only anti-money laundering and financial crimes conference tailored to the securities industry.
Risk Ready Toronto 2026
Operation Shamrock Founder Erin West will deliver a keynote called “Losing Ground: Why the Scamdemic Is Winning and What We Have to Do About It” at the upcoming LexisNexis event in Toronto.
Anatomy of an Investment/Crypto Scam
This GASA webinar will look at how organized networks structure crypto investment scams, move illicit funds across borders, and exploit regulatory and technological gaps. Speakers will help participants move beyond general awareness and equip them with concrete insights they can apply immediately.
House Select Committee on China: Hearing
U.S. House Select Committee on China hearing: Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans and Threatening U.S. Security.
NDAA 2026 Complex & Organized Crimes Conference
Erin West will present “The Scamdemic: Why the Whole of Society Needs Prosecutors in the Room” at the upcoming NDAA 2026 Complex & Organized Crimes Conference.
2026 Calgary Cyber Summit
The 2026 Calgary Cyber Summit brings together law enforcement and private sector professionals to collaborate in the fast-evolving world of cybercrime investigations.
Safeguard AI Deepdive Retreat
Operation Shamrock’s Erin West will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Safeguard AI Deepdive Retreat for fraud, identity, and compliance leaders across industries.
Train the Trainer: Operation Shamrock
Learn about common scams and get resources to help educate your community about protecting themselves from digital crime.
IAFCI Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Fraud Summit 2026
Operation Shamrock’s Erin West will deliver the opening keynote at the IAFCI Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Fraud Summit.
The Scamdemic Up Close
Join live in Portland, Maine, or online via Zoom to learn about the global crime network, how scams operate, and how to protect yourself.
Operation Shamrock Founder Erin West breaks down how scams actually work, why they’re exploding, and how transnational organized crime groups are using polished scripts, fake investment apps, and emotional manipulation to drain life savings.
APP Level Up 26
Erin West will deliver the opening keynote to the Association of Payment Professionals Level Up conference: “The Billion-Dollar Heist of a Generation—and How We Stop It.”
April Train the Trainer: Operation Shamrock
Learn about common scams and get resources to help educate members of your community on protecting themselves from digital crime.
VeleraLIVE 2026
Erin West will speak about “Advancing Member Protection: The Next Era of Scam Mitigation” at the VeleraLIVE 2026 credit-union industry event.
Women in Data Flagship 2026
Erin West, Founder of Operation Shamrock, will present a session titled “Battling the Global Scamdemic: Trace the Data, Disrupt the Network,” at the Women in Data Foundation event.
March Victim Support Forum
Our March meeting for survivors, victims, and supporters will focus on “Recovery and Rebuilding after Online Scams.”