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Dr. Louise Shelley is a leading expert on the relationship among terrorism, organized crime, and corruption as well as human trafficking, transnational crime, illicit financial flows, and money laundering. She has authored several books on the subject, most recently Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy is Threatening our Future.

Dr. Shelley has been the principal investigator of large-scale projects on money laundering from Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia and of training of law enforcement on the issue of trafficking in persons as well as wildlife. She has testified before the House Committee on International Relations Committee, the Helsinki Commission, the House Banking Committee, the House Financial Services Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the Task Force on Terrorist Financing.

Dr. Shelley served on the Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade and Organized Crime of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and was the first cochair of its Council on Organized Crime. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, she often appears on television and radio, including appearances on CNN, NPR’s Marketplace and Takeaway, PBS, A&E, the History Channel, C-Span, Tavis Smiley, Kojo Nnamdi and 60 Minutes as well as in the European media such as BBC, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Die Welt.

  

Chief Fraud Strategist of AI firm Point Predictive and the creator of FrankonFraud, a publication that reports on industry fraud trends. He has worked in the Anti-fraud industry since 1990, providing consulting and advisory services to over 250 banks and lenders across the globe.

Adrian Cheek is the founder and chief researcher for Coeus. He has experience building and running Intelligence, Threat Hunting and Fraud Teams in six different countries, including the US, Brazil, Canada, and the UK. Adrian has previously been recognized for Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcement and provides training and data assistance to Law Enforcement and private sector businesses globally.

Adrian is a former Law Enforcement officer from the United Kingdom. He had a pivotal role in the disruption and take down of the Game over Zeus botnet in 2014 and numerous digital fraud & AML operations. Adrian specializes in Criminal Network Attribution and Anti-Fraud program design.

A professional with over 30 years' experience in the card payments industry, Rob leads the Visa Rules Management team for North America. Liaising with execs, lawyers, business leaders, product SMEs and sales teams, he provides direction on all aspects of Visa Rule development, interpretation, application, and compliance enforcement and outcomes for the card brand’s largest region by payment volume.

 

A certified financial crime specialist with over 15 years' experience in payments, compliance, and technology, Anna is fervently dedicated to fighting fraud with integrity and intellect, as well as restoring dignity to those most impacted by it on a global scale. Her ability to analyze risk is built on a lifetime of diverse experiences that have given her unique knowledge of cultures, languages, and tactics used by fraudsters. Anna is an active member of the Israeli Fraud Fighters community group.

A highly respected thought leader with a deep understanding of the interplay between risk, compliance, and profitability, Melissa has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, specializing in risk mitigation and illicit commerce disruption. Melissa holds advanced training certificates from ACAMS, Wespay, and ICMEC and works actively with organizations like MRC to impact the future of fraud prevention and risk management in the digital era.