ACAMS Germany Event to Examine Sanctions Circumvention and AML Compliance Convergence

The ACAMS Germany Chapter and Morrison Foerster’s sanctions team will hold an in-person event in Berlin on 8 September 2026 focused on sanctions policy, circumvention risks and the growing convergence between sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance.

The event, titled Global Sanctions Policy, Circumvention & the Path to Effective Compliance, is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CET at Potsdamer Platz 1 in Berlin and carries two ACAMS credits.

Focus on circumvention and implementation

According to ACAMS, the programme will examine recent developments in European Union and U.S. sanctions policy, practical challenges created by sanctions-circumvention schemes, and approaches financial institutions and other companies can use to strengthen implementation.

The agenda includes presentations and a panel discussion from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., followed by networking. ACAMS said the session is intended to give sanctions practitioners a forum to discuss operational challenges and best practices, including how sanctions controls increasingly intersect with broader AML compliance frameworks.

The event is particularly relevant for compliance teams managing customer due diligence, transaction screening, escalation and suspicious-activity processes where sanctions-evasion indicators may overlap with money-laundering risks.