9/11 Twenty-Five Years Later: Part 2: Juan Zarate - The Treasury Department Responds
About this episode
Tom Fox interviews Juan Zarate about the Treasury Department's response to 9/11 and its impact on compliance and anti-terrorist financing efforts.
Ed. Note-Five years ago, I looked back on 9/11 in a 20 year retrospective. This week is the 25th anniversary of that event. I am rerunning this award winning podcast so that we never forget. On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, Tom Fox and guests look back on the tragic event and what it meant for them personally, as well as how it impacted the world of compliance. Juan Zarate is the Global co-Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at K2 integrity. On 9/11 he was a prosecutor at the Treasury Department working on international enforcement issues, anti money laundering, anti-corruption and anti-terrorist financing. He joins Tom Fox to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11. They discuss how his role changed, the Treasury Department response and what the tragic event means for him. A Change of Mission 9/11 changed the mission of the Treasury Department. Juan tells Tom, “We went after terrorist financing to try to disrupt and dismantle Al-Qaeda's terrorist networks and infrastructure, and disrupt how illicit financing was flowing through the international system.” He recalls where he was on the fateful day and how seeing the smoke from the Towers…
People in this episode
Host: Tom Fox
Guest: Juan Zarate
Topics covered
- 9/11 retrospective
- Treasury Department response
- terrorist financing
- anti-money laundering
- compliance
- personal impact of 9/11
Keywords
- 9/11
- Juan Zarate
- Treasury Department
- terrorist financing
- anti-corruption
- compliance
- K2 integrity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Treasury Department, K2 integrity
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