Episode 25: Mike Parker in conversation with Stephen Platt

In this episode, host Stephen Platt is joined by Mike Parker to discuss the role sanctions play in the fight against crime. Mike Parker is a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (“MLARS”). During his six-plus years at MLARS, Mike was responsible for money laundering and forfeiture investigations of transnational criminal organizations and foreign threat actors, including serving as the lead MLARS prosecutor for the “Panama Papers” case. Mike also served as a subject matter expert on economic sanctions for MLARS and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices across the country. In 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) awarded Mr. Parker with the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation for his work on a North Korea-related sanctions evasion and money laundering case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.