

Part 2 of "The Importance of Suspicious Transaction Reporting in Criminal Investigations": retired RCMP officer Stephen Scott shares a detailed case study that demonstrates how a single suspicious transaction report (STR) filed by a financial institution was crucial in unraveling a complex money laundering and organized crime investigation. The discussion highlights the importance of frontline reporting, the challenges in connecting the dots, and the significant impact that STRs can have in taking down criminal enterprises and seizing their illicit assets.
Key Takeaways:
Company: S Scott (AML) and Security Consulting
Email: stephenscott@sscottamlsconsulting.com
Bio
Stephen Scott is a former member of the RCMP and in 2017 through 2021 was an investigations and training consultant to the UNODC GPML in Southern Africa. While in the RCMP, Stephen worked in the Calgary Integrated Proceeds of Crime AML Unit, INSET and the IMET JSIU where he managed and conducted money laundering, asset forfeiture, organized crime and terrorist financing investigations for 24 years. As a member of the RCMP IPOC AML Unit Stephen served as the FINTRAC liaison, CBSA currency interdiction contact and the “gatekeeper” to the Alberta Justice Civil Forfeiture program. He was a designer and facilitator on the RCMP Advanced and Basic Proceeds of Crime / ML courses as well as a facilitator at the Canadian Police College for the National Expert Witness training and Drafting Information to Obtain search warrants courses.
In 2019/20, Stephen Scott served on contract as a sworn member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Bureau of Financial Investigations conducting international money laundering and asset forfeiture investigations.
Currently, Stephen is a licensed Private Investigator in Alberta and is currently contracted to firms that conduct due diligence, background, OSINT and asset recovery investigations.
Connect with Greg and ReallyTrusted at:
https://www.facebook.com/ReallyTrusted/
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Part 2 of "The Importance of Suspicious Transaction Reporting in Criminal Investigations": retired RCMP officer Stephen Scott shares a detailed case study that demonstrates how a single suspicious transaction report (STR) filed by a financial institution was crucial in unraveling a complex money laundering and organized crime investigation. The discussion highlights the importance of frontline reporting, the challenges in connecting the dots, and the significant impact that STRs can have in taking down criminal enterprises and seizing their illicit assets.
Key Takeaways:
Company: S Scott (AML) and Security Consulting
Email: stephenscott@sscottamlsconsulting.com
Bio
Stephen Scott is a former member of the RCMP and in 2017 through 2021 was an investigations and training consultant to the UNODC GPML in Southern Africa. While in the RCMP, Stephen worked in the Calgary Integrated Proceeds of Crime AML Unit, INSET and the IMET JSIU where he managed and conducted money laundering, asset forfeiture, organized crime and terrorist financing investigations for 24 years. As a member of the RCMP IPOC AML Unit Stephen served as the FINTRAC liaison, CBSA currency interdiction contact and the “gatekeeper” to the Alberta Justice Civil Forfeiture program. He was a designer and facilitator on the RCMP Advanced and Basic Proceeds of Crime / ML courses as well as a facilitator at the Canadian Police College for the National Expert Witness training and Drafting Information to Obtain search warrants courses.
In 2019/20, Stephen Scott served on contract as a sworn member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service Bureau of Financial Investigations conducting international money laundering and asset forfeiture investigations.
Currently, Stephen is a licensed Private Investigator in Alberta and is currently contracted to firms that conduct due diligence, background, OSINT and asset recovery investigations.
Connect with Greg and ReallyTrusted at:
https://www.facebook.com/ReallyTrusted/
Thanks for listening
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14 episoder
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