Financial Integrity and National Security Conference

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Financial Integrity & National Security Conference: Safeguarding the Financial System Against Threats at Home and Abroad

Illicit finance doesn’t just fuel crime—it undermines national security. From sanctions evasion and terror financing to cyber-enabled fraud and foreign corruption, financial institutions sit at the frontlines of defending against global threats.

The Financial Integrity & National Security Conference brings together professionals from across the public and private sectors—law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory agencies, and financial institutions—for a high-level, solutions-driven day focused on how illicit finance intersects with national security priorities.

Key Themes Include:

• Countering sanctions evasion and trade-based money laundering

• The role of financial institutions in protecting critical infrastructure

• Detecting and disrupting foreign influence through financial channels

• Strengthening public-private partnerships to identify and mitigate national security risks

• Deep dives into typologies tied to organized crime, terrorism, and geopolitical adversaries

Who Should Attend:

• Government professionals working in AML, national security, intelligence, and law enforcement

• BSA/AML Officers and financial crime teams at banks, credit unions, fintechs, and crypto firms

• Compliance, legal, and risk professionals engaged in sanctions, fraud, and threat detection

• Analysts and investigators on the front lines of financial intelligence and enforcement

Schedule:

8:00AM - 8:50AM: Check-in/Registration

9:00AM - 9:15AM: Opening Remarks

9:15AM - 9:30AM: Executive Perspective 1:

Regina Thompson, Former Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

9:30AM - 10:30AM: Sanctions and Export Controls in the New Administration Panel

Moderator: Debra Geister, CEO at Section 2

Panelist 1: Howard Spieler, Business Sanctions Risk Officer at Citi

Panelist 2: Dr. Donna Broussard, Colonel (Ret.), Former Inspector General at U.S. Army

Panelist 3: Robert Bacon, Academic Director at Section 2, Adjunct Instructor at National White Collar Crime Center

Panelist 4: Sepideh Rowland, AML Consultant

10:30AM - 10:45AM: Executive Perspective 2

Buck Elton, Major General (Ret.) at U.S. Air Force, Former Commanding General at NATO Special Operations

10:45AM - 11:00AM: Break

11:00AM- 12:15PM: Keynote: Counter Threat Finance in the Era of Strategic Competition

Joshua Fruth, Senior Intelligence Officer at U.S. Army, Former Head of Counter Threat Finance at NATO Special Operations

12:15PM - 1:15PM: Lunch

1:15PM - 2:30PM: Unmasking of Hybrid Threat Finance Panel

Moderator: John Calderon, Founder and Chair at Coalition Against Financial Crime

Panelist 1: Buck Elton, Major General (Ret.) at U.S. Air Force, Former Commanding General at NATO Special Operations

Panelist 2: Joshua Fruth, Senior Intelligence Officer at U.S. Army, Former Head of Counter Threat Finance at NATO Special Operations

Panelist 3: Jonathan Sullivan, Senior Special Agent (Ret.) at Drug Enforcement Administration

Panelist 4: Manuel Cordova, Former Military Intelligence Officer at U.S. Army

2:30PM - 2:45PM: Break

2:45PM - 3:00PM: Executive Perspective 3

American Narco - Confidential

3:00PM - 4:00PM: US Enforcement Priorities Panel

Moderator: Ingo Steinhaeuser, Senior Risk & Fraud Specialist at Thomson Reuters

Panelist 1: Robert Whitaker, Former Supervisory Special Agent, Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit, Homeland Security Investigations

Panelist 2: TBA

Panelist 3: TBA

Panelist 4: TBA

4:00PM - 4:10PM: Closing Remarks

4:10PM - 4:30PM: Break

4:30PM - 6:30PM: Happy Hour (offsite nearby)

6:30PM: Event Concludes