JVC to Take Part in Money Laundering Task Force Session

Cecilia L. Gardner, Executive Director of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee is to take part in a top level information-gathering session between the New York financial community and the El Dorado Money Laundering Task Force and representatives of the High Intensity Money Laundering and Related Crime Area (HIFCA) Intelligence Center.

The El Dorado Task Force has more than 200 investigators representing 20 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Along with the HIFCA Intelligence Center, it is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Immigration and Customers Enforcement.

The meeting, due to be held on Wednesday, is seen as an opportunity to provide the intelligence and law enforcement agencies with an understanding of the jewelry industry's needs and aims.

The meeting aims to introduce the financial community to representatives of the El Dorado Task Force and members of the High Intensity Money Laundering and Related Crime Area (HIFCA) Intelligence Center. It will also highlight areas of interest to both the New York financial community and law enforcement agencies.

"This meeting is an excellent way to learn how other industries that the government feels are vulnerable to money-laundering schemes are implementing required anti-money laundering programs,” Gardner commented.