AWARDS
2023 ACAMS Today Article of the Year
Chris Bagnall and Sara Crowe : “ Understanding Human Trafficking ”
ACAMS Today caught up with Chris Bagnall , CAMS- FCI , of Quantexa and Sara Crowe of Citibank , recipients of the 2023 ACAMS Today Article of the Year Award for their co-authored article “ Understanding Human Trafficking .” 1 The article was the first of a three-part series on human trafficking ( HT ).
Bagnall has worked in the anti-financial crime ( AFC ) space since 2007 . He took leadership roles in three mid-size banks and one large bank , focusing on building and enhancing antimoney laundering ( AML )/ counter-terrorist financing , sanctions and fraud programs covering technology and analytics , risk assessments , high-risk customer management , training , exam / audit management and much more . He has extensive experience working with industries such as money services businesses , third-party payment processors , prepaid cards and merchant acquirers . In addition , he has led a collaborative initiative on behalf of banking peers to develop a new financial intelligence solution to change the paradigm of AFC program innovation , risk mitigation and intelligence sharing since 2020 . He joined Quantexa in 2021 and as a solutions director , his work in the anti-HT field is focused on leveraging data and technology .
Bagnall is the regular contributor to the Back to the Basics column on ACAMSToday . org , has authored many articles for ACAMS Today and has worked with ACAMS on white papers , webinars and certification development programs .
Crowe is currently the senior vice president of Global Financial Investigations and Intelligence at Citibank . Prior to joining Citibank , Crowe served as the director of the strategic initiative on financial systems at Polaris , a U . S . -based nonprofit organization that is committed to the fight against
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Chris Bagnall , CAMS-FCI