For the second year running, the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) is greatly honoured for being invited to jointly organise the International Conference on Financial Crime and Terrorism Financing (ICFCTF 2012). This year, the main organiser and host of the event is Asian Institute of Finance (AIF). The event is fully supported by Bank Negara Malaysia. Themed "Compliance Challenges & Effectiveness: The Next Level", ICFCTF 2012 will be held at the Shangri La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 24 - 25 September 2012. Among the highlights of this year's conference will include the following: (i) Insights into the challenges in Measuring Effectiveness of an AML/CFT regime, (ii) Exposure to new Terrorism Financing Red Flags and Cyber Crime trends, (iii) Knowledge on how Corporates are used as a vehicle for money laundering, (iv) Access to AML success stories – detection, investigation and successful conviction and (v) Updates on challenges in implementing the new FATF recommendations