Changing enforcement expectations, new and growing fraud risks, ever-evolving technology, and geopolitical developments are colliding in real time. Anti-financial-crime teams must make high-stakes decisions with incomplete guidance and often-conflicting signals. 

Operation Shamrock’s Erin West will deliver a session on September 29: “The Briefing — A Bumper Crop of Crime: Cannabis Farms, Labor Abuses and Chinese Crime Networks.”

Erin’s session includes critical updates on emerging financial crime risks and trends. Until now, financial institutions’ interest in cannabis businesses focused on the policy gap between some states’ laws and federal legislation. The release of FinCEN’s Financial Trend Analysis for 2019-2024 raised more serious, overarching concerns: The purchase of cannabis farms by Chinese money laundering networks along with reports of forced labor and threats to U.S. national security.

The live event will be held at the Aria Hotel. In-person and virtual attendance options are available.