On September 10, the Institute for International Research kicked off its 11th annual forum on anti-money laundering at the Warwick Hotel in mid-Manhattan, New York. The great and the good were all in attendance - lawyers, treasury staff and bankers from blue-chip firms. For a day, they presented the standard conference fare of worthy talks on such topics as "minimising money laundering risks in correspondent banks" and "ensuring compliance with the latest Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations".
Calm before the storm
