Alejandro Rebolledo
Venezuela

Alejandro is a Lawyer graduated from Santa Maria University specialized in Criminal Law. He has a Master’s Degree in Criminal Law and a doctorate in Judicial Sciences with a Criminal Law concentration. He is an undergraduate and graduate professor at Santa Maria University and earned a CAMS certification. He was a Special consultant for the Investigation Committee on Money Laundering and Corruption at the former Venezuelan Congress (now National Assembly). He is Executive Coordinator of the National Commission against the Illegal Use of Drugs. He is an instructor for the CAMS Exam; He is also professor at the University of Louisville. He has been an international lecturer about Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism and other related issues. He is consults for several public and private companies. He is certified by the National Anti-Drugs Office under No: 001

Subject:

Pyramidal Scheme how it works? Networks and Connections

Juan Pablo Rodriguez Cardenas
Colombia

Lawyer of the Externado University of Colombia, specialist in Penal Law and Criminology, specialist in control and prevention ok money laundering of the Salamanca’s University Foundation, Spain. International Consultant and lecturer in banking, stock market, forensic auditing, corporative government, administrative corruption, banking security, corporative fraud, in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Dominican Republic. Invited professor of forensic audit section of Integral Audit master’s degree of polytechnic University of Nicaragua, undergraduate teacher, and author of articles about penal Law and money laundering.

Subject:

The black swans of the AML/CTF risk administration systems: A panoramic look into the region

Jose Alfredo Giral
Venezuela

He is a local partner for Berker & Mckenzie law firm since 1992 and funder of the banking department of the firm where he develops his practice in areas such as banking, insurance, private banking law and exchange control. He joined Baker & McKenzie in 1984, and it has been member in several training programs of the company. He has become in one of the principal law commentator in the country. Giral studied at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello “Summa Cum Laude", 1977-1982; He has a master degree Private International Law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela from 1999 to 2000. Professor at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello.   

Subject:

Crimes Exchange Law in front of money laundering problems

Carlos Ramirez
Mexico

He is PRISMA Consulting Latinoamerica – Mexico Director-Partner. Criminologists and criminal lawyer who worked for Banco Nacional de Mexico for 20 more than years, now he runs his own firm called PRISMA Consulting Latin-America dedicated to prevention and security consulting, cases management and capacitating. He is a Professor at: the Banamex Unuversity in Risks Prevention and Money Laundering subjects; The Universidad del Valle de México in which he teaches Responsibility Analysis and Data Protection; and The San Martin de Porres University in Peru, online mode, for the subject Criminal tendencies in the social environment. He studied at the Penal Science National Institute in Mexico City. He is also graduated from the Public Administration National Institute from the National Security Program and Strategic scenarios. In 2000 he received training from the Criminal Intelligence Analysis at the West Yorkshire Police Centre in England. Carlos is member of different international organizations dedicated to prevention, security and intelligence such as ACAMS, ACFE, ALAPSI, ALAS, ASIS, FEPASEP e IALEIA. He is Certified AntiMoney Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Protection Professional (CPP) y Certified Protection Officer (CPO).

Subject:

Breaking internal barriers to prevent frauds, internal control roll, security and investigations against money laundering and related crimes

Fernando Fernandez
Venezuela

Fernandez is a partner at Baker & McKenzie. He is an international lecturer in the areas of organized crime, money laundering prevention, insurance fraud and other financial crimes (drugs LOCTICSEP, contraband etc.) He works as a professor for the Political Studies and Law department at the Central University of Venezuela. He holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the Simon Bolivar University, and a Master’s in psychoanalysis from the CETRAC. He is coordinator of the Group for the Institutional Reform, State Reform and Economic Reform of the Presidential Commission for State Reform (COPRE). He has been a legal consultant for the Fund for Deposits Warranty (FOGADE) and of Progreso Bank and the Republica Bank. He is also a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. He co-wrote the final report for the development and application of the COPP.

Subject:

Keynote Speaker 

Alba Lilian Jaramillo
Colombia

Lawyer graduated from the Colombian Catholic University with master degree in financial and trade law, studies and qualified in insurance law at the Javeriana University. She has 30 years of experience in insurance company. Speaker at: the Insurance National Institute (INS) of FASECOLDA, Sergio Arboleda University, Libre University, Javeriana University. Today she is the Compliance Officer for an important Colombian Insurance Company. Active member of the Colombian Insurance Law Association (ACOLDESE), and the Insurance Studies Centre at the Universidad Javeriana (CEDES).

Subject:

How to manage risk in case the insurance industry is used to money laundering and terrorism financing process?

Nahyr Gonzalez Quiroz
Venezuela

Economist graduated from the Universidad Santa Maria, where she also finished a postgraduate course on Finances. She was Deputy Internal Controller at SUDEBAN. She was in charged of the Money laundering Integral Prevention System and she was also inspector of the casas de cambio economic and financial situation. Money Laundering Prevention and Control Manager at Bancaribe Venezuela. She recently started as Forensic Auditing & Legal Investigation. She was trained by: the American Supervisors Association, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) about AML/CTF Countries EvaluationMethodology. She was speaker at the I GAFISUD Forum for Financial Supervisors; She was part of the team that organized the 2003 typologies exercise, performed by the Banks Superintendence with support of the Venezuelan Banking Association for financial institutions, casas de cambio, embassies and public offices.

Subject:

Know your customer policy with a business perspective

Antonio Garcia Noriega
Spain

Lawyer (1980); President of the Hispanic- Ecuadorean Trade and Industrial Chamber in Spain (1993-1999); Ecuador Consul at Bilbao (1994-1999); International Watcher in Irak (2000).FIA Representative before FATF, at Amsterdam  Conference from November 7 to November 8, 2006 “FATF /Private Sector”; Deputy General Secretary from the Inter-American Lawyers (FIA/IABA) (Washington, D.C., 2008-2009); Academic and  Directive at the Academia Interamericana de Derecho Internacional and Comparado (Washington DC, 2007-); Visitant Professor at the Americans University (Santiago de Chile, 2007- ); Invited author ETHOS VI Proyect, Puerto Rico Gubernamental Ethic Office (article -unpublished-: “Anti-money Laundering: Complementary Guideline suggestions to evaluate territories”). Conferences, Panel and Master Classes in Argentina, Bahamas, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, El Salvador, United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico.- Recent publications: Book: Límites a la libertad de expresión por motivos profesionales. Ed. Difusión Jurídica. Madrid, 2009.- Article: “Introducción a la lucha contra el lavado de capitales. la posición de los abogados.” Revista de la Fundación Interamericana de Abogados. Washington, DC; septiembre, 2008.

Subject:

Lights and shadows in money laundering prevention. The importance of legal structures against money laundering.

Amado Antonio Barahona
Panama

He is an International lecture anti Money laundering and counter terrorism financing expert. He was director and legal counselor of the Financial Analysis Unit. He has two degrees, one of them in accountancy which he got in Panama; and the other one in science and military arts with a master in logistic which he got in Peru, plus a master degree in business administration emphasize in finances. In his remarkable experience counts with his responsibility as fiscal auditor for the Economic and Finances Ministry as well as the private sector. Before he reaches the FAU in 2004 he was sub director of the External Inspection at the Bank Superintendence.                    

Subject:

Types of FIU´s and their new chalenges

Monica Jimenez
UN

She is Industrial Engineer graduated from los Andes University with a Master Degree, she obtained a Qualified Risk Management specialized in SARLAFT at the Administration Higher Education Collage (CESA), she had have charges is the Banco of Bogota as Compliance Area Supervisor Analyst; Business Growth Area Analyst  at the Banco de la Republica Colombia. Today she is Financial Expert for the Legal Assistance Program for Latin-American and the Caribbean (LAPLAC) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC).

Subject:

Money laundering risks in financial instruments

Luis O. Rivera
US

He is partner of MRW Consulting Group, LLP as financial crimes specialist, lawsuit about taxation (civil and penal), fraud and money laundering investigations. He worked for an accountability firm in Florida in subjects related to taxation.

As expert he expanded the company’s practices where he used to work to include AML international information. He has more than 28 years of experience with the IRS an the USAID (Agency for International Development). He directed operations of more than 160 employees at important American companies. He also worked in the IRS where he contribute with financial expertise and advising about money laundering and fraud. Besides he worked in the US Department of Treasury and in the US Embassy.

Subject:

Forensic investigation on alleged Money laundering

Pedro Lopez
Venezuela

He has a Bachelor degree on Certified Public Accounting at the Central University of Venezuela. Expert on Integral Prevention and Control System to minimize risks associated to money laundering, code of ethics, training programs, evaluation and control about products and instruments vulnerable, and the creation of alert tools to detect unusual or suspicious transactions. He was compliance officer at BANAVIH and Banco Exterior. He also worked at the Banco Empresarial as Internal Audit Manager and Operations Manager, at the Fondo de Construccion as Administration and Control Operations Manager; at the Banco Profesional as Chief of Accountability; and at Banco Consolidado he was Accountability Analyst and foreign exchange market Operator. He designs and executes Annual Operative Plans in its four elements: Integral Prevention, Money Laundering Prevention, Training Programs and Monitoring Programs in accordance to the Superintendence guidance. He is a professor and international lecture with expertise in money laundering prevention subjects                      

Subject:

Risk Integral Evaluation at the prevention of money laundering

Heiromy Castro
Dominican Republic

Castro is an economist with an MBA and Masters in Financial Administration and Strategic Planning. He has 17 years of experience working in the financial sector and is currently working as a Monetary Crime Consultant for several banks in the Dominican Republic. He is a representative at the Dominican Republic National Committee against Money Laundering. Castro is professor of Economics at the Santo Domingo Catholic University. He has acted as Director of the Financial Intelligence Department for the Banks Superintendence. He has worked as Financial Evaluator for the GAFIC in Panama, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and El Salvador. He has been an instructor for the GAFIC, an International Lecturer, a Anti-Corruption Policy Consultant for the Institution and Justice Foundation, the DPK, USAID and Citizen Participation Inc. He is also co-author of the books “Dogmatic, Criminological, and Processing Aspects of Money Laundering” and “Money Laundering: A New Investigation Model.”

Subject:

Money laundering and terrorism financing, Risks: Clients, Services and Geographic 

Marisel Melendez
Puerto Rico

She is the hotel & Casino InterContinental San Juan Resort and Casino de Isla Verde Security Director: Mrs. Melendez has more than 18 years of experience at casinos, security and risk management in hotels. She worked for 10 years at the Luxury Resorts where she stood out for her creation of the casino´s standards procedures and its posterior implementation. In 2004 Melendez was part of the group of creation and approval of the Law 11 of Casinos. She is member of the Hotel & Tourism Association and founder member of the Surveillance Directors Committee in the island. She is also member of the PRHTA Security Directors Committee. Melendez is expert in federal legislation such as AML in the casinos sector, USA PATRIOT Act, How to create an effective AML compliance program GLB Act and Federal Trade Comission. She is recognized by the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association as the best Hotel Industry in the island. Today she is offering seminars and advisement, conferences about money laundering and the casino´s forth chambers operations.   

Subject:
Money laundering in Casinos; How to prevent it, penal and administrative responsibility

William Chinchilla
Costa Rica

He is a lawyer,  notary public and current external consultant at the Costa Rican Stockbrokers Association, BAC San José, Puesto de Bolsa, S. A., BN-Valores Puesto de Bolsa, S. A., Mutual Valores Puesto de Bolsa, S. A., among others. He also was assistant manager at the Comision Nacional (today known as Superintendencia General de Valores) Legal Department Director for the Bolsa Nacional de Valores. BID-Bolsa Agroindustrial S.A. de Panamá Project International Consultant, BID-Superintendencia de Bancos de Nicaragua (Capital Market area) Project International Consultant, instructor  about AML training developed by the Central America  Banking Academy and legal consultant at the Institutional Committee for Money Laundering in the financial system.    

Subject:

Risk Country or Risk sovereign: what to do when politics participates in financial institutions

Yolanda Valdez
Dominican Republic

She is an international lecturer, an economist and Risk and Compliance VP at Banco Multiple Santa Cruz, in Santo Domingo. She is an active member, among others, of the Executive Committee for Naming and Remunerations and Corporative Government; She also presides the Compliance Committee and Risks, besides ALCO Committee from the bank. She has worked in Citibank and as independent consultant in areas such as treasury, corporative finances, finances and micro companies. She is the training leader for the design and implementation of the AML/TF compliance program, compliance culture development, as well as the training program in Banco Santa Cruz. She is a certified AML/FT specialist from ACAMS and FIBA/Florida International University.   

Subject:
What to do to prevent your client be victim of financial risks. Risk information security

Carlos Hamann Pastorino
Peru

Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima; Master degree at the Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Organized crime specialization course at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, among others. Former founder and executive director of the FIU in Peru. Former GAFISUD President. Member of the Outreach Working Egmont Group (2005-2007). He has been member of the Anti-Corruption National Counsel; Director for the National Industry Society; President of the Peruvian – Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce. Today he is AML/CTF prevention consultant, national and international speaker and expert evaluator for GAFISUD.

Subject:

Money laundering risks in Latin America: Effectiveness and deficiencies in insurance companies

Jose Manuel Puente
Venezuela

Ph.D. in Political economy from Oxford University, England. MBA at London School of Economics, England. Senior Lecturer at IESA. Cargill Award to the intellectual production for his work, such as: Productivity in Venezuela; Fiscal Impact of the Valued Add Tax Reform and Oil fueled Centralization: The case of Venezuela. International lecture.

Subject:

How transparent is Venezuela? International index of fiscal transparency

Humberto J. Aguilar
US

Lawyer graduated from the Florida University, Specialist in Criminal Law. Former coordinator of Legal affairs for the Florida 11TH District Judge. Member of the law firm Fernandez & Aguilar, P.A. Former Bar Association affiliate in Florida; New York and Nebraska. He offers conferences about money laundering prevention. He was convicted for money laundering, escaped from the justice in 5 countries for 7 years.

Subject:

Laundering dirty money in the future: Tendencies and threats ahead… with introspective look and criminal activities of an expert laundering money from criminal organizations and worldwide criminals.