Recognizing Fraud in International Trade Finance
Event
- When:
- Wed, May 28, 2025
- Where:
- Online, internet
- Category:
- Webinars
Description
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with Fred Dons, Head-Structured Trade Finance, Aria Commodities. |
About the webinar:
International trade finance, while highly regulated, remains vulnerable to various forms of fraud—from falsified documents and deceptive letters of credit to sophisticated sanction evasion and money laundering schemes. This insightful webinar will equip you with the tools to detect red flags, verify payment security, and avoid unintentional involvement in illicit activities. Topics include false instruments and documents, traps in letters of credit, dual-use goods, sanction risks, and how to recognize and respond to money laundering tactics.
Speakers:
Fred Dons, Head-Structured Trade Finance, Aria Commodities
Fred Dons has worked in trade finance for more than 30 years at various international Financial Institutionas like ABN AMRO and Deutsche Bank and currently he is the Head of Structured Trade Finance at Aria Commodities.
Fred started in trade finance operations in 1989 with AMRO Bank before moving to Albert de Bary Bankiers, Rotterdam in 1991. In 1994, Fred and two colleagues started the International Trade Finance sales department at Deutsche Bank Amsterdam.
In 2003, he became Head of Trade Finance Operations for DB Amsterdam but left the bank in 2004 to become Head of the European Document Check Team at ABN AMRO, before returning to DB in 2006.
At DB he served amongst others as Head Trade Finance as well as Head Commodity Finance.
During his banking years Fred Dons was a member of the National Committee for the ICC and the Dutch Bankers Association, working on the UCP, UDRG, ISBP and other rules and regulations for Trade Finance.
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General information: |
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| NACM & FCIB Members: $95 | Non-members: $195 |
| 12:00 pm PT | 1:00 pm MT | 2:00 pm CT | 3:00 pm ET |
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Please remember time zone differences. |
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Venue
- Location:
- International