A prospective AML officer comes highly recommended by a bank's up-stream correspondent institution of similar size and make-up, located in a different city in the same country. The bank is interested in hiring the individual. What should be the next step taken by the Board of Directors?

What is the primary action a financial institution should take before formulating its anti-money laundering program?

Outgoing foreign transactions of similar amounts trigger a monitoring alert for a customer's accounts. During the evaluation of the accounts, the bank discovers the wire transfers were very small amounts and occurred within the last 3 months following a long period of inactivity. The wire transfers appear to originate from legal sources. To assess the potential of terrorist financing, the institution must ensure the:

A financial institution files a suspicious transaction report on a customer as the result of a high volume of large currency deposits to pay off a loan.
A law enforcement officer calls the anti-money laundering officer to discuss the suspicious transaction report.
Which of the following is the anti-money laundering officer legally permitted to do?

During an ongoing investigation into a client's activities by a competent authority, a compliance officer should