Blockchain technology / E-learning course / Bangladesh technical help

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The Road Ahead in Anti-Money-Laundering (AML): Can Blockchain Technology Turn the Tide?  (opinion)"One of the most exciting developments in financial and information technology in the past decade is the emergence of so-called blockchain technology."

Christoph Nedopil/Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/11/07/the-road-ahead-in-anti-money-laundering-aml-can-blockchain-technology-turn-the-tide/

E-learning course "Operational Analysis".  To enhance the capacity of Financial Intelligence Units worldwide, the International Centre for Asset Recovery in cooperation with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units has developed an e-learning course on “Operational Analysis”.

Now available online: forum.assetrecovery.org/oac (English)  forum.assetrecovery.org/oac-esp (Spanish)

Thank you to Peter Huppertz (peter.huppertz@baselgovernance.org), Senior E-learning and Web Specialist, Basel Institute on Governance, International Centre for Asset Recovery, for sharing this information.

Bangladesh anti-graft body seeks technical help from UNDP to fight graft.  Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has sought technical assistance from the United Nations Development Programme to further enhance the capability of its officials to combat technology-driven corruption.

The Financial Express: http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/11/07/52184/ACC-seeks-technical-help-from-UNDP-to-fight-graft

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