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🔥 Financial Crime Playbook: Red Flags, Instinct & Going Beyond the Manual

Illicit Edge - Edition for April 15, 2025

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DESIGNATED with Yaya Jata Fanusie
The Financial Crime Playbook

Sarah Beth Felix on AML Instinct and Going Beyond the Compliance Manual

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Behind every Suspicious Activity Report, every blocked transaction, and every exit memo is a mindset.

In this episode of DESIGNATED, host Yaya Fanusie sits down with Sarah Beth Felix, one of the sharpest minds in anti-money laundering, to unpack what truly separates effective AML professionals from the rest.

🧠 Inside the Episode:

• Why great investigators think like storytellers, not box-checkers
• The red flags that don’t show up in rules-based systems
• How creativity and instinct power meaningful financial crime detection

👉 Think like the compliance pros who make an impact.
This is the episode you don’t want to miss.

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🚀 COMING SOON: FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix

If Sarah Beth’s perspective hits home, you’ll want to subscribe to her upcoming solo podcast: FinCrime Unfiltered, launching soon from Illicit Edge.

Each week, she’ll bring her unfiltered voice to the mic, breaking down the stories behind the headlines — with sharp analysis, bold opinions, and no compliance fluff.

💥 You’ve never heard AML like this before.

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