Trafficking: It’s In Your Back Yard
Trafficking isn’t always an easy topic to discuss but maintaining awareness is crucial for your AML/CFT program. People don’t like to believe that illegal activity, like drug trafficking, human trafficking, sex trafficking, etc., happens close to home. We train clients all over the country and it’s not uncommon for people to have an attitude of, “not in my backyard”. But, unfortunately, it is happening in your back yard and as financial institutions, you are in a unique position to help. In just a span of four days, we were reminded of this as well as there were two busts made in the Midwest towns of Omaha and Sturgis.
Kevin discussed these during our August AML/CFT Membership Group.
Published
2025/08/21
Kevin Edwards
Kevin brings years of experience and a unique perspective on regulatory matters to our clients. A self-proclaimed geek and accredited CRCM, Kevin is also a recovering attorney with experience as in-house counsel for a large regional bank and one of the leading national title insurance providers. For reasons unknown, Kevin decided to leave the safety and serenity of his desk job to seek fortune and glory as a wandering adventurer. Like a bank compliance version of Kwai Chang Caine, The Man with No Name or Don Quixote, he now travels the land seeking to help those in need and righting compliance wrongs, wherever he may find them. Kevin lives in Sioux Falls with his two children, who are surprisingly normal after having endured their father’s vivid imagination for their entire lives. He won’t admit to having any hobbies, because apparently “Regulations never sleep.” (While he does say this in his Batman voice, we’re pretty sure he’s joking.) From the looks of his Facebook page, he likes the outdoors and spending time with his large extended family (who seem like relatively normal people).