Date: 12 June 2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Washington DC time)

About the Event

The challenges around global Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) transparency were placed firmly in the spotlight during the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal in 2016 and since, the global efforts to bring transparency to corporate ownership often takes one stride forward and two back.

Recently, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have proposed a revision the Corporate Transparency Act, exempting domestic companies from reporting beneficial ownership information, while foreign entities remain subject to this requirement. This change reduces compliance obligations for U.S. - based UBOs, but foreign UBOs must still disclose their ownership stakes. Experts suggests that this may weaken the United States efforts to combat the abuse of the financial system by money launderers and terrorist financiers.

Join James as he takes us through an interactive and immersive journey of how money launderers target the vulnerabilities in corporate transparency that ultimately allow criminals to systematically abuse the financial system as well as exploring the humanitarian impact of global money laundering

Why Attend?

• Stay informed on the latest U.S. regulatory changes and their global implications.
• Understand how gaps in corporate transparency are exploited by criminals and bad actors.
• Learn how AI-powered tools can strengthen your compliance frameworks.
• Gain practical insights to help your organization navigate complex AML challenges.
• Connect with a global community of financial crime prevention professionals.

Key Takeaways:

1. Understand the Evolving Landscape of UBO Transparency: Gain insights into the global efforts, setbacks, and current challenges surrounding beneficial ownership disclosure.

2. Analyse the Impact of U.S. Regulatory Changes: Learn how the proposed revisions to the Corporate Transparency Act affect domestic and foreign entities, and what this means for financial crime prevention in the U.S.

3. Identify Tactics Used by Money Launderers: Explore real-world techniques criminals use to exploit corporate ownership structures and regulatory gaps to hide illicit funds.

4. Assess the Broader Humanitarian Impact of Money Laundering: Recognise how financial crime fuels global issues like fraud, terrorism, organised crime, and human rights abuses — beyond just economic harm.

5. Leverage AI to Detect Risk and Strengthen Compliance Controls: Discover how cutting-edge AI-driven solutions can enhance the detection of hidden ownership structures, identify risk indicators at scale, and automate due diligence — helping organizations proactively close transparency gaps and stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated financial crime tactics.

Meet Your Speaker:

James Booth
Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorism and Sanctions, Silent Eight

James is a global ambassador representing Silent Eight at conferences, round tables, chairing panels, media work and much more. His role involves him engaging with various stakeholders including government entities, law enforcement, advisory panels, academic institutions, professional bodies and particularly global financial institutions. His objective is simple - develop the critical thinking of how we can fight financial crime and overcome the barriers which enable criminals and terrorist financiers to harm our society. James helps firms achieve an understanding of how the solutions that Silent Eight can tailor to your firm for your unique challenges, in order to fight financial crime together and become YOUR AI Financial Crime Compliance Partner.

As Global Lead for AML & Sanctions Compliance at the International Compliance Association (ICA), I am dedicated to developing future compliance leaders and advancing the fight against financial crime. James lead the delivery of a diverse portfolio of qualifications, from introductory to advanced levels, across key financial crime disciplines. Beyond education, I actively contribute to the global compliance community through thought leadership, specialist content, and public speaking — with a particular focus on emerging risks like illegal wildlife trafficking, AI and extremism.

His career spans over a decade, including 12 years as a senior Anti-Money Laundering Investigator for a Tier 1 global bank in the Middle East, as Money Laundering Compliance Officer and AML investigations specialising in anti money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing, and fraud. James firmly believes that knowledge and technology not only sharpens professional expertise but plays a vital role in protecting societies and preserving lives.

About Silent Eight

Silent Eight is a pioneer in AI-driven financial crime compliance, offering advanced solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions screening. By leveraging Agentic AI, their platform automates and streamlines compliance processes with 100% precision, significantly reducing operational costs, investigation times by 60%, and false positives. Silent Eight empowers financial institutions, like HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Emirates NBD, to enhance efficiency, precision, and compliance in the face of evolving regulatory challenges.

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