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Latest — May 16, 2025

🎧 Season 2, Guest: Bret Hood

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this episode, I am joined by Bret Hood, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, author, speaker, and global instructor. We discuss the progression of Bret’s storied FBI career and how he has brought those significant experiences into

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🎧 Season 2, The Business of FinCrime, Ep. 02

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this solocast series episode, I provide a high-level market update on Q1 2025 investment and acquisition activity across the financial crime risk and compliance space. 🎧 on Substack

Season 2, Special Episode: I'm Vic Maculaitis, and this is my re-introduction.

In this episode, I share a quick story that leads to the who I am and what I do capture of my re-introduction. I saw these float across social media over the past couple of years and thought now would be a good time to take a swing at it!

🎧 Season 2, Guest: David Caruso

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this episode, I am joined by David Caruso, currently the VP, Financial Crime Compliance at WorkFusion and a 30-year industry leader. David and I discuss everything from the early days of AML work to what is required to

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Regulatory Reform: A Call for First Principles Thinking

As we approach the 25th anniversary of modern Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, it's time to evaluate its effectiveness and determine whether these regulations achieve their intended goals. Established to combat financial crime, AML regulation has grown into a complex, costly, and unwieldy system. Yet, after decades of implementation,

🎧 Season 2, FinCrime Strategy, Ep. 02

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this solocast series episode, host Vic Maculaitis shares ways to think about a more modern approach to identifying illicit activities within your financial institution. 🎧 on Substack

🎧 Season 2, FinCrime Strategy, Ep. 01

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this solocast series episode, host Vic Maculaitis shares practical concepts for strategizing and planning within a financial crime risk and compliance program. 🎧 on Substack

🎧 Season 2, The Business of FinCrime, Ep. 01

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this solocast series episode, host Vic Maculaitis looks back at 2024 investment and acquisition activity across the financial crime risk and compliance space. 🎧 on Substack Read the 3rd Annual Market Update from i3strategies® Research

Financial Crime Risk and Compliance: Investments and Acquisitions, 2024 Year-in-Review (3rd Annual Market Update)

Since 2015, i3strategies® has been a trusted advisor to the world's largest investment firms. For almost a decade, i3strategies® has offered investors peace of mind on significant commercial transactions and investment opportunities in an often difficult-to-understand niche market. In 2022, we began to track, informally, announced deal activity

🎧 Season 2, Guest: Rich Lebel

Welcome to Season 2 of The Perspective Podcast with Vic Maculaitis. In this episode, I am joined by Rich Lebel, the Director of TRAC (Transaction Record Analysis Center) and a retired detective from the City of Phoenix Police Department. Rich and I discuss his storied law enforcement career and his