Our world is experiencing an extraordinary rate of change, with regard to emerging crimes, including financial and economic crimes. There is a wide range of criminal activities which occur in the financial services sector. Financial and banking crimes in the world are also witnessing major and qualitative developments, with which perpetrators have developed their criminal methods to confront the security preparations taken by banks and financial institutions. On the other hand, the spread of organized Crimes has globalized and turned into a security threat targeting the stability of many countries.
All world countries seek to confront these crimes and work to support capabilities in the fight against crime in general and newly created crimes in particular, and to tighten the use of research and investigation methods in financial and economic crimes
For these reasons, economic and financial crimes pose a serious long-term threat to peaceful and socio-economic development in many countries. Therefore, understanding the nature, elements, and effects of these crimes, how to detect and prevent specific financial crime risks, fraud, data, and information security, bribery and corruption become necessary for all. You should understand how to investigate, prosecute and hold accountable is essential for any financial crime prevention specialist. Hence, the function of combating financial crimes has emerged recently due to the environmental conditions that keep pace with these modern requirements, as the function of combating financial crimes has worked to reduce the severity of negative influences on performance, increase performance and improve its functions, thus ensuring continuity by reducing and managing risks.This conference comes into effect, as Qatar Association of Certified Public Accountants (QCPA) believes that modern crime techniques and methods require the exchange of experiences, skills, knowledge and cooperation between all concerned parties to combat these phenomena.
Precautions and fight against financial and banking crimes requires the development of cooperation and partnership mechanisms with relevant concerned at all local, regional and international levels. This in addition to expanding and diversifying sources of information. Because Building Bridges helps span separations between teams, departments, divisions or organizations, by providing tools for successful collaboration, especially the banking sector.
Objectives
The conference reviews the nature of financial crimes in terms of concept and elements, their impact on the stability of financial systems, practical ways to confront and deal with them, compliance challenges and combating financial crimes. The role of regulatory and supervisory authorities and financial investigation units in combating financial crimes, in terms of tracking and confiscation, the continued development of laws and regulations and best practices followed in this field, in addition to the importance of data protection in financial institutions and cybersecurity, and the use of artificial intelligence techniques to reduce the risks of non-compliance.
Major Themes
- Introducing the nature of financial crimes in terms of concept, elements, and their impact on the stability of financial systems.
- Economic transformations and their impact on the growth of financial crimes and fraud controls.
- Regulatory authorities / financial investigation offices and their role in combating financial crimes.
- Financial Inclusion + Stability, Integrity, and Protection.
- Protecting the integrity and stability of financial systems through regulatory authorities and investigations
- The role of effective compliance in combating financial crimes
- Financial inclusion strategy in light of combating financial crimes and digital services
- Financial innovations and technologies and their impact on financial crime and risk management
Target Audience
This conference targets professionals, Banking industry leaders, financial-services specialists sector from Central Bank of Qatar and banks, including compliance officers and money laundering reporting officials, the Qatar Securities Authority, the Financial Information Unit, the National Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee, the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, and workers In regulators, law enforcement, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and civil society organizations.