The US Enforcement Perspective: Sanctions Evasion & the Law Enforcement Response
ACSS Webinar
CSS Credits: 1.25
Duration:
75 minutes
Chatham House Rule:
Speakers:
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Special Agent Donald Letterle, US Department of Homeland Security
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Special Agent John Ward, US Department of Homeland Security
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Jeffrey R. Burke, Homeland Security Investigations – Philadelphia, PA
Moderator:
Date:
Time:
- 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
- 03:00 PM – 04:15 PM London
- 04:00 PM – 05:15 PM Amsterdam
Description:
As global illicit trade networks become increasingly sophisticated and the corresponding risk of sanctions evasion increases, so has the law enforcement response to deal with these threats to national and global security.
Join subject matter experts from the Department of Homeland Security for a look at sanctions enforcement as seen through the eyes of federal law enforcement. This session will present real-world investigative examples of sanctions evasion by transnational criminal organizations who seek to exploit international financial and trade systems, while highlighting some law enforcement mechanisms and tools utilized to combat this threat.
Webinar participants will gain insight into the importance of law enforcement partnerships with financial and industry counterparts to detect, investigate, and disrupt complex illicit networks.
Key Takeaways:
- How sanctions can be an important tool in the law enforcement toolbox.
- How law enforcement partnerships with private industry and financial institutions are a key tool in investigating sanctions evasion.
- Understanding that prompt responses to red flag indicators is vital in addressing the threat.
- Some of the lessons learned from significant HSI investigations.
Certificate of Attendance:
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Speakers
Special Agent Donald Letterle
National Program Manager, Law Enforcement/Private Industry Partnerships
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), US Department of Homeland Security
Donny Letterle started his law enforcement career in 2002 as a Probation/Parole officer in New Orleans, LA. He was hired by HSI in 2007 and assigned to HSI Memphis, primarily serving in a commercial fraud group and being an SRT (Special Response Team) member. In 2016, Donny transferred to HSI Huntsville where he focused primarily on counterproliferation investigations and served as a full-time member of the FBI Counterintelligence Task Force. He possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Business from Defiance College, a Masters of Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans, and a Juris Doctorate Degree from the Birmingham School of Law. Additionally, Donny Letterle is a licensed attorney in the State of Alabama.
Special Agent John Ward
HSI/Law Enforcement Sanctions Enforcement
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), US Department of Homeland Security
Jeffrey R. Burke
Supervisory Special Agent
Homeland Security Investigations – Philadelphia, PA
Jeff Burke serves in his 29th year of sworn law enforcement. His career began with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General as a Special Agent conducting response and criminal investigations into hazardous materials, clandestine laboratories, narcotics trafficking and complex case organized crime. In 2008 SSA Burke entered service with Homeland Security Investigations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he has led complex transnational organized crime investigations focused on human trafficking, narcotics trafficking, counter-proliferation, and counterintelligence. SSA Burke has earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration & Accounting along with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Shippensburg University. SSA Burke has also earned a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a focus on Transnational Organized Crime from Saint Joseph’s University
Moderator
Ivy Llena
ACSS
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.
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