SAR Investigations - The Complete BSA/AML Desktop Reference

I personally haven't found any other publication that is quite this extensive on the subject. A bit expensive but not when you consider that you would have to make several purchases to get this amount of information. Excellent reference book.

One of three must haves for all BSA/AML managers.

This book is well written and easy to read. A great buy and well worth the price. very happy with the purchase.

This book is an incredible collection of information that extracts huge amounts of material from AML source litereature related to unusual and suspicious activity detection/reporting. I found the sections on using various internet sources extremely valuable, and there is excellent coverage regarding methodologies for conducting financial crimes investigations. After buying the hardcover, I invested the money to buy the electronic version from ImpactAML as well as the EDD Desk Reference eBook. The eBook format provides a wonderfully efficient search tool that allows index cross-referencing, word searches, as well as allowing highlighting and annotation of text with the electronic equivalent of sticky notes. This book will be useful on at least a daily basis for those in the BSA/AML field, but even for someone just looking to learn about financial crimes and how the financial industry is involved with detection and reporting, this is an excellent book to add to your professional library.

There not many books on this topic that cover everything a compliance officer needs to know.This book covers it all in a well written and clearly understandable form.If you work in the AML/compliance space this is the one book you really need.

There's a ton of material available on suspicious activity reporting and investigation, but because it is spread out among so many sources, investigators probably don't make much use of those sources on a daily or case by case basis. There is no way to search through stacks of separate documents to find specific information quickly (for example, seven years worth of SAR Activity Reviews). This book,however, negates the need to do so. There is alot of info you have seen before, but never in one place. Information on specific topics appears to be an amalgam of detail combined from multiple sources. There is also excellent treatment of step by step procedures for conducting suspicious activity investigations as well as very interesting coverage of internet sources for investigation purposes, which alone justify purchasing this book.

The word complete in the title of this book says it all. The book gives extremely detailed and comprehensive information concerning the Suspicious Activity Report, and provides real world examples of its application. This guide is indispensable for any financial institution manager who is involved in combating money laundering. It is also an important reference for government officials involved in the AML/CTF war. Having worked first hand with bankers, financial regulators and financial enforcement elements of the US Government and foreign governments, I highly recommend this book to all involved in this important work.