News
Financial Crime Matters: Adam Szubin Discusses JCPOA, US Sanctions Policy
printIn this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, interviews Adam Szubin, who served in the U.S. Treasury Department as acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence and director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Szubin, currently a faculty member at John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and of counsel at Sullivan Cromwell, discusses the value of the JCPOA and the effectiveness of the U.S. sanctions regime.
Listen to the podcast here.
Find Kieran on Twitter @kieranbeer and on LinkedIn.
| Topics : | Anti-money laundering , Counterterrorist Financing , Sanctions |
| Source: | U.S.: Department of Treasury , U.S.: OFAC |
| Document Date: | April 2, 2020 |
Related News
Sanctions imposed on Iran in the 18 months since the U.S. withdrew from a global nuclear accord have curbed the country's funding of Hezbollah and other militant groups blacklisted as terrorist organizations, a senior official said Wednesday.
The value of sanctions in accomplishing foreign policy objectives has long been a subject of debate. While financial professionals must block payments involving blacklisted entities regardless of their efficacy, that conversation is clearly one in which they have a big stake.
