Spotlight on Sanctions Screening: What ‘Good’ Looks Like for Data, Matching and Alert Handling - Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists

Spotlight on Sanctions Screening: What ‘Good’ Looks Like for Data, Matching and Alert Handling

June 11, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
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Duration:

75 minutes

Speakers:

  • David van Staden, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
  • Vincent Gaudel, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Moderator:

Ivy Llena, Sanctions Training Coordinator, ACSS

Date:

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Time:

  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
  • 03:00 PM – 04:15 PM London
  • 04:00 PM – 05:15 PM Amsterdam

Description:

Join us for a session spotlighting all the latest cutting-edge trends in sanctions screening. This session breaks down what ‘good’ sanctions screening looks like in 2026, combining regulatory guidance with practical implementation advice. Our experts will cover the three core components of effective screening: input data readiness, defensible fuzzy matching controls, and scalable alert handling.

What the webinar aims to cover:

    • Changes in the sanctions screening environment, including the rise in screening scrutiny and increased fragmentation between regulators

    • Latest regulator guidance, the main problems that are arising and what works in practice

    • List production and transactional data

    • Optimising your screening configuration and fuzzy matching

    • Handling hits, including false positive reduction, alert dispositioning, and remediation flow

    • Responsible and explainable AI usage and incorporation.

    Certificate of Attendance:

    All active ACSS members will be able to download the certificate from the Learning Management System (under the achievements tab). 

    Event Registration

    Register for this FREE webinar today! Tell your friends, clients, customers and colleagues about it.

    ACSS webinars conduct audience polls that will give you vital benchmarking data so you can measure your sanctions compliance against others.

    ACSS Members who attend the live session can download their Certificate of Attendance from our member-only platform.

    Speakers

    David van Staden

    Solutions Consultant
    LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
    David van Staden is a Principal Financial Crime Compliance Solutions Consultant at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. He brings over 12 years of experience as a pre-sales consultant and subject matter expert in financial crime compliance solutions. He works closely with regulated organizations to support their KYC and financial crime compliance objectives, leveraging tailored, fit‑for‑purpose risk technology and data solutions. David is based in Johannesburg, South-Africa.

    Vincent Gaudel

    Compliance Expert
    LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
    Vincent Gaudel works as a financial crime compliance expert for LexisNexis® Risk Solutions. His responsibilities include maintaining a deep understanding of worldwide regulatory trends to help guide the company’s product development and functionality growth while supporting client expansions.

    With more than 10 years of experience in compliance functions, Gaudel provides exceptional expertise in sanctions compliance, anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations. His comprehensive regulatory analysis have successfully enabled the sales engineering process and sanctions data teams.

    Gaudel frequently speaks at international and regional financial crime conferences, delivering thought leadership content and regulatory insights in events organized by ACAMS, ACFCS, ACSS among others.

    Gaudel is the author of the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Sanctions Pulse, a recurring in-depth evaluation of the global sanctions landscape. He is certified by ACAMS as a Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) and holds master’s degrees in international and European relations from Linköping University, Sweden and international business from INSEEC, France.

    Moderator

    Ivy Llena

    Sanctions Training Coordinator
    ACSS
    Ivy Llena has over 14 years of experience in the learning and development field, providing capacity-building and professional development programs for corporate and social service agencies in the US and the Philippines.
    Before joining ACSS, she was a program director at a non-profit organization in the Philippines, where she co-designed and co-implemented economic empowerment programs and services for survivors of human trafficking and their families. Ivy also served at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, where she led and contributed to inclusive economic growth initiatives.

    Customer Testimonials

    “Very good discussion. It is a difficult topic to bring everyone on board to the same page when it comes to the CACR and I felt the speakers did a good job of establishing a baseline.”

    Melisa Riviere, Ph.D., CSS
    Director, Custom Academic Programs,
    Son Dos Alas

    “The speakers were well informed and you could tell they were subject matter experts.”

    Melissa Kolby, CES
    Senior Global Compliance Analyst, CH Robinson

    “Great info to keep in my tool bag as a financial crimefighter.”

    Gary Campau
    Crowe LLP

    “Content was extremely important and crucial to my role. I felt it was very well put together and delivered thoughtfully and with great clarity.”

    Erin Block Tomitz
    USAA

    “I really appreciated the detail and references
    on the slides, very helpful.”

    Scott Kinney, CAMS
    Compliance Manager Global Sanctions Group, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    “Great job. Very informative.”

    Brianna Long
    Senior Compliance Analyst Compliance and Risk Investigations and Analysis, Convera

    “I love your concise webinars on real-case analyses—they’re the best way to learn.”

    Maja Milinkov
    Team Leader of Sanctions and Embargo Unit
    OTP Banka

    “This webinar was realy intresting, I enjoyed it. Thank you! Hope this kind of testing you are going to provide on basis.”

    Vira Nelepa
    Senior Sanctions Compliance Specialist
    Raiffeisen Bank (Ukraine)

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