At Acclaim, we believe staying ahead in compliance means listening, learning, and sharing what really matters.

That’s why we’re proud our Compliance Officer, Rob, attended the Countering Financial Crime event this week.

Here are three of Rob’s key takeaways worth passing on:

• Data quality decides outcomes. An FBI case study made clear: “garbage in, garbage out.” Weak inputs lead to weak controls. Strengthen onboarding evidence, ownership structures, and KYC testing; always ask, does it all add up?

• Follow the value. High-value assets like art remain open to AML abuse. Build sector-specific red flags into your monitoring and strengthen ECDD steps where risks are higher.

• MONEYVAL is raising the bar. Regulated entities need to show outcomes, not just words. Collect the data now so you can demonstrate effectiveness when it counts.

Events like this remind us why compliance is never static.

It’s about staying curious, challenging ourselves, and making sure our frameworks truly work in practice.