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Abandoning the lessons learned from our past has created the havoc of our future. Civil unrest in Am

The 1980 McDuffie riots of 1980 caused law enforcement to re-evaluate the tactics needed to stem a civil disturbance. There is a progression formula that leads from peaceful protest to civil disturbance to chaotic unfocused uncontained violence and destruction. The Miami Police Department created the “Miami Plan” which was then presented to many police departments across the nation as a viable blueprint. Many adopted the plan but now in 2020 they seem to have abandoned the l

Former SWAT team member and certified Officer Survival Instructor Michael Hearns offers school survi

Many people who read this blog know of me as a former undercover police detective who worked within the Medelin and Cali drug cartels. Among other things I am a certified Officer Survival Instructor and a former lead penetrator on the SWAT team. Below are my suggestions to make a school environment safer for educators and students, and what to do if an active shooter situation should arise: 1. Bring some wooden wedges (no not the shoes ....the little triangle pieces of wood)

Cryptocurrencies and Crime Part II. "The Stall of Momentum, why Money Laundering may not be en

The incredible rapid assent of value in cryptocurrencies may actually be a hinderance to any money laundering activities associated via cryptocurrencies. The most often referred to principal in money laundering is that a large amount of income is being derived from an illegal activity. The volumous amount of fiat currency generated from the illegal act necessitates that the origin and connection of the crime's profits must be disguised and removed from the source of the incom

Cryptocurrencies and Crime Part I: "What lies before us in the new digital crime world" by

This week I engaged in a conversation with a Texas based cyber security group that was interested in knowing what lies before us with regard to crime and cryptocurrencies. I tried to explain that the new frontier of digital currency is still expanding, and that the true end point; the actual proverbial "rubber hitting the road" has not occurred yet. When I was undercover in the drug trafficking and money laundering world, it seemed that the expansiveness of crime creativity,

Bread and Money Laundering

What do bread wrappers have to do with Money Laundering? If it's foreign to you then you may need AMl training. The best place for real life,relevant, original, and informative training is: launderingmoney.com #AMLTraining #Lawenforcement #Narcodollars #IllicitFunds #DrugMoney #MoneyLaundering #MichaelHearns #AntiMOneyLaunderingTraining

No White Stains

What does it mean when someone says they "want no white stains!" What does that have to do with Money Laundering? If it's foreign to you then you may need AMl training. The best place for real life,relevant, original, and informative training is: launderingmoney.com #Lawenforcement #IllicitFunds #MoneyLaundering #MichaelHearns #launderingmoneycom #AMLTraining #AntiMOneyLaunderingTraining

What does this mean in AML?

What does this Plunger have to do with Money Laundering? If it's foreign to you then you may need AMl training. The best place for real life,relevant, original, and informative training is: launderingmoney.com #IllicitFunds #MoneyLaundering #MichaelHearns #launderingmoneycom

Germany's Brand Eins Magazine and Anti-Money Laundering expert Michael Hearns

This Issue of Brand eins is about "Specialists" and Michael Hearns anAnti Money laundering Expert is also considered a "Speci

My time with Medellin Cartel boss Fabio Ochoa Vasquez

The youngest of the three Ochoa brothers, Ochoa Vásquez lived in Miami, Florida during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was alleged to have handled thousands of pounds of cocaine. He was indicted by the US government for the first time in 1984, and was allegedly involved in the February 19, 1986 murder of Barry Seal, (Tom Cruise plays Barry in the Movie "Only in America" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiV3XA-sC8k ) Barry was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Admini

"Growing up in Miami, money laundering was to me what jumping a transit turnstile is to a nativ

Money Laundering, Michael Hearns a Subject Matter Expert shares his insight