About AMLSI
AML Services International LLC (AMLSI) was founded in 2005 by Saskia Rietbroek, the founding Executive Director of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
AMLSI is a boutique consulting and training company in the money laundering and terrorist financing field with clients in the United States and Europe. We pride ourselves on being client driven by providing high-quality service in accordance with industry best practice and tailored to the client's needs. AMLSI draws upon a network of highly experienced AML consultants providing a wide range of services in the anti-money laundering field. Services are provided in English, Spanish and Dutch.
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About The Founder
Saskia Rietbroek spearheaded the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) as the founding Executive Director from September 2001 to December 2005. She wrote and executed the business plan and, together with her staff, she was responsible for the growth of the overall organization from its inception in 2001 to 3500 members in 101 countries in 2005. Under her leadership, the Association designed and provided high quality training and credentialing programs. The organization’s Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists Certification Program (CAMS) became the de facto anti-money laundering/terrorist financing credential in the financial services industry and bank regulators worldwide. Thousands of AML compliance officers, law enforcement officials and financial sector regulators have taken the CAMS Examination.
Background
Mrs. Rietbroek is a native of the Netherlands, and graduated from Leiden Law School in 1994, where s he studied international law. She received a Certificate in International Law and Philosophy of Law from Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain. She obtained a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and was admitted to the Lima Bar Association in 2000. She obtained an International MBA from Florida International University in 2001.
She practiced civil, commercial, and foreign investment law at Estudio Muñiz, Rámirez, Pérez-Taiman&Luna Victoria Abogados, the largest and one of the most prestigious law firms in Lima, Peru. She co-authored the firm’s publication “Peruvian Foreign Investment Legal Regime”. Previously, she served as the Trade Attaché of the Netherlands Embassy in Lima, and was Vice-President of the Dutch-Peruvian Chamber of Commerce.
She served on the Editorial Board of Money Laundering Alert and is currently on the Advisory Board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. She is a Financial Crime Advisor to NetEconomy, a leading firm in real-time enterprise risk monitoring solutions, automating financial crime prevention and detection for financial institutions and telecom businesses worldwide. Mrs. Rietbroek frequently speaks at conferences and training seminars, where she is consistently rated by attendees as a dynamic and engaging speaker who delivers step by step practical solutions to complex compliance issues.
She is based in Miami, FL, United States. Mrs. Rietbroek is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and speaks five languages.
In The News
Mrs. Rietbroek has been interviewed by several radio and tv stations, including Fox, and has been quoted in the press on money laundering and terrorist financing, including in the New York Times on 28 January 2005 and De Volkskrant on November 19 2002.
Selected Press and Media Clippings Saskia Rietbroek
- eWEEK News, "Why AML (anti money laundering) is like CRM," quoted in article, March 4, 2006
- Monster.com, "Money-Laundering and Reshipping Scams," quoted in article, 2006
- ISI emerging markets "El Financiero," quoted in Mexican publication (in Spanish), February 23, 2006 - East Valley Tribune, "$7M in smuggling fees seized", quoted in article, March 28, 2005
- Bank Systems and Technology, "Anti-Money Laundering", interviewed in article on compliance, 2005
- Association Management, "Moving from Members to Customer," interviewed in article about for profit models for associations, December 2004
- New York Times, quoted in article on Riggs Bank case, 28 January 2005 - Panama America, "Forman especialistas en antilavado de dinero, " quoted in article on the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, September 26, 2003
- De Accountant, monthly magazine of the Dutch Association of Accountants, "Witwassen en terrorisme financiering, " interview, September 2003
- El Nuevo Herald, "Un examen en espanol contra el lavado de dinero," interview on the CAMS certification examination, July 29, 2003.
- De Volkskrant, one of the leading newspapers in the Netherlands, quoted in article "Reynolds bagatellisseert pijnlijk verwijt" on European
Union case against Reynolds, November 19 2002. - Daily Business Review, The Patriot Act, quoted in article on the USA Patriot Act, July 1, 2002
- Ticker Magazine, "Plugging the Point of Least Resistance," quoted in article on money laundering, 2002
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Specialists sought against laundering," quoted in article on ACAMS, 2002
- Fox News, live interview on television on show on USA Patriot Act, fall 2001.