EUROPEAN Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2026 (#EAFCS2026), the year’s leading AFC and AML event, has come to a close.
Some 800 global compliance leaders gathered in Dublin for the conference, including the FATF President and the Secretary General of INTERPOL. High-profile financial speakers included the heads of AFC at banks such as Revolut and ABN AMRO.
Below we have the pictures from the event for all attendees, who we would like to again thank for their support.
We look forward to seeing you all again in 2027.
FATF President Elisa de Anda MadrazoKEYNOTE: Elizabeth McCaul, Former Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) delivers her address to #EAFCS2026.Valdecy Urquiza, Secretary General of INTERPOLJean-Philippe Lecouffe, Deputy Executive Director of Operations at EuropolPhilippe Vollot, Rabobank Chief Operating OfficerMuriel O’Driscoll, wife of the late Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll, presenting Valdecy Urquiza, secretary general of Interpol. Also included is Justin Kelly, Garda Commissioner (left)Muriel O’Driscoll wife of the late Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll presenting Valdecy Urquiza, secretary general of Interpol. Also included are Johns children, Sean, Michelle and Laura. James Treacy of Co founder of AML intelligence, Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly, Elisa de Anda, president of FATF, Stephen Rae, confounder of AML intelligence and Camilla UrquizaPatricia Dunne, Director of Horizontal Supervision at the Central Bank of IrelandSimon Harris, Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Finance
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