These days, no one lives in a vacuum – especially in the financial services industry. Most large banks have offices around the world or, at least, have correspondent relationships with foreign banks. That's why it's important for compliance officers to be well-versed in the anti-money laundering laws of their countries and also of the countries their institution does business with. One way compliance officers can learn about international AML legislation is by contacting foreign embassies. The website, https://www.embassyworld.com, allows anyone to easily do that because it has a directory of all world embassies located inside and outside of the United...
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