Robert Mazur
Robert Mazur globally provides elite speaking, consulting, and expert witness services in the fields of money laundering and anti-money laundering compliance. He is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on the financial escapades of the underworld. Mr. Mazur routinely delivers keynote and masterclass presentations to institutions, professional associations, law firms, law enforcement agencies, regulators, and financial service providers.
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"From the very beginning, Robert Mazur has been a very approachable person and an easy personality. He became the spotlight of our association’s 20th anniversary conference. To get ready for such an important day, he patiently listened to our questions and uniquely designed his 4-hour Masterclass by catering to our needs and delivering it in accordance with our expectations. He was curious to learn more about the current developments in Switzerland and he shared his views with us, connecting the dots with his own white-paper recommendations. His passion to fight against money laundering and terrorist financing makes him the perfect partner as a keynote speaker and masterclass presenter. He shared his wealth of knowledge and experience to help the audience in every way he could to provide important tools and takeaways. His presentation was thought provoking."
"Robert Mazur is an outstanding opening keynote speaker. He truly captures the attention of an audience which in turn helps to set the tone of engagement for the rest of the event. Robert has spoken at several of our Annual Member Forums which bring together global law firm leaders, and Chief Legal Officers from The Fortune 500 and FTSE 100. He is very adaptable as a presenter and can speak on many topics whilst using his time in the underworld to tell a captivating story. He has helped our members to excel as exemplary strategic business leaders by teaching them the importance of negotiation and has provided them with the key skills required to build and develop their influence at the Board level which has empowered them as leaders. Robert has always stayed for the entire duration of our events (three days) and has always been more than happy to invest his own free time to engage with and answer our member's questions whether that is over breakfast, coffee or dinner. Robert is a wonderful and inspiring person and we absolutely loved having him speak at our events."
"On behalf of Commonwealth Financial Network, I’d like to express my thanks for your incredibly engaging keynote presentation at our 2022 National Conference in San Diego, California. In my experience, Anti-Money Laundering presentations do not generate standing ovations, much less from a crowd of seasoned financial advisors who have come to view such sessions as canned and perfunctory affairs. That said, I was fortunate to witness our audience – over 2,000 – rise to their feet and acknowledge you with a nearly two-minute salute."
"It was a pleasure working with you. Your patience and professionalism made what could have been a challenging situation, given that we originally agreed to do a face-to-face event in early 2020 and had to pivot to a webinar, straight forward and stress free. Your calm and methodical working style allowed us to get the most out of our conversations and ultimately out of the webinar. The feedback, both from within and outside of the business for the webinar is that it was deeply thought provoking, engaging, and particularly empowering……From a number point of view, it was our highest registered webinar of 2020 to date, with over 500 sign ups and of those that attended more than 95% listened intently for the full hour – a very high watermark for webinars."
"Robert Mazur was easy to work with and provided an informative and unique presentation to our attendees. No other speaker has the knowledge, background, and storytelling ability that Bob has. At his suggestion, he tailored his presentation to topics that would appeal to our attendees and was open to any recommendations we had. Many attendees responded that his presentation was the highlight of the seminar, and from a planning committee perspective, he exceeded our lofty expectations. I am happy to recommend him to other organizations without reservation."
"Mr. Robert Mazur was a keynote speaker at Compliance Week’s first annual “Financial Crimes: Risks, Trends, and Proven Practices” conference, and by all accounts was the highlight of the event. Mr. Mazur’s presentation and passion for the subject matter demonstrated his dedication to public service extends beyond just infiltrating drug cartels, and includes sharing his knowledge to help others better do their jobs in fighting financial crime. His lessons learned were clearly presented and, behind the scenes, was easy to work with to boot. I’d highly recommend adding him to any conference or training session involving financial crime."
"Robert Mazur was engaged to present a 90-minute podcast to our staff in London, Jordan, Dubai, Kenya, Armenia, New Zealand, and the United States. Mr. Mazur offered insight about his role as a money launderer, working undercover for years within the underworld…..He warned our staff about certain geographic areas, business types, and product types that carry greater money laundering risk today, and explained why these emerging risks have become popular to launderers. After his presentation, Mr. Mazur answered our questions for more than 45 minutes. The feedback we received from participants was very positive. A large portion of our staff members considered the session fascinating…..Compliance staff were very interested in Mr. Mazur’s insights about tracing funds."
"Robert Mazur is an excellent speaker. I myself often speak at conferences and workshops in Luxembourg. Bob was certainly one of the best speakers we had, and he was able to convey a strong message in an interesting way."
"Your fascinating presentation “Inside The infiltrator” was riveting, inspirational and informative. Not only did you enthrall us with your story, but you also successfully tied it back in with the work that our cybersecurity professionals do, to make it even more meaningful. Your presentation garnered rave reviews from attendees and, from the comments that we received, it clearly had a profound impact on them, both personally and professionally. Thank you for being so pleasant and easy to work with. Your responsiveness was very much appreciated, as was your willingness to go above and beyond to make sure that all attendees who stood in line for over an hour (250 plus) got their book signed. Thanks again for telling your amazing story. I would be delighted to recommend you as a keynote speaker for future events."
"I have been curating the CLSA Forum for more than a decade and was delighted to have Mr. Mazur on board. Typically, we only invite people whose style we can preview online, but given the sensitive nature of his material, this was not an option. Glowing reviews from other sponsors swayed us, and the reaction from participants told us we made the right decision. A consummate professional, formidable presenter and respectful guest, Mr. Mazur is detail-oriented in content, delivery and logistics. He scores 10 out of in my book."
"I highly recommend Robert Mazur as a keynote speaker and presenter. His presentation to our audience was one of the best we ever had. There are very few people in the world like Robert and we are happy we had the opportunity to have him in Sweden for our Executive Days Conference where he thrilled the audience."
"Robert Mazur was a featured keynote presenter at the Federal Bar Association (FBA) National Convention & Annual Meeting. We were thrilled and honored that Mr. Mazur was able to present for us. Mr. Mazur is not only one of the bravest and most accomplished undercover agents in the history of U.S. law enforcement, he is also a master storyteller. Even those of us who had seen the movie The Infiltrator, with Bryan Cranston playing Mr. Mazur, were constantly amazed throughout Mr. Mazur's presentation by the jaw-dropping moments he described about his undercover work embedded within the Medellin drug cartel."
"Thanks for an amazing webinar. Hands down one of the most entertaining and informative events that I've attended."
"We were thrilled and honored to have Mr. Mazur give the keynote presentation at our Annual User Conference in Washington, DC. We highly recommend Mr. Mazur as a keynote speaker and presenter. He has experience and an industry perspective that is unparalleled; our customers and staff alike were fully engaged in his presentation. Mr. Mazur was able to provide invaluable and rare insights."
"A fantastic presentation. Our survey of attendees scored Robert Mazur's presentation a 4.79 out of 5.0. Survey comments included, "Great event. Keynote speaker (Mazur) was amazing.", "Robert Mazur was engaging and provided a great high-level overview of how all this crazy money laundering was facilitated", and "This was a very eye-opening session? My favorite of the conference"."
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Robert Mazur's 2024 biography
About Robert Mazur
Robert Mazur has earned global acclaim as one of the world’s leading experts about the financial escapades of the underworld. There is no one with more first-hand knowledge about how the underworld launders nearly $2 trillion in criminal proceeds annually. For years, in the eyes of organized crime leaders, he was a sophisticated mob-connected money launderer that helped manage their illicit fortunes. His clients, some of the most famous and deadly drug cartel bosses, offered a $1/2 million price tag for his head when arrests were made around the world and he was revealed to be a highlytrained U.S. federal undercover agent.
Robert is the New York Times bestselling author of The Infiltrator, a memoir about the first half of his undercover life acting as a conduit between Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Drug Cartel and corrupt senior international bank executives that cleaned billions in blood-stained money. Escobar’s corrupt lawyers and dirty bankers taught Mazur more about real-life money laundering than governments will ever know. The Infiltrator, is available in 10 languages and in more than 50 countries. It was the basis for the internationally released major motion picture by the same name, starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, and other globally known cast members.
Robert has transformed his underworld experience and current day involvement in the financial crime field into remarkable lessons for today’s business sector. His presentations, all of which are uniquely designed for each client, have received tremendous acclaim from an extraordinarily wide range of the business and public sector. He has been highly recommended by Industry leaders at financial institutions, fund management firms, cyber security companies, law firms, professional associations, financial service providers, compliance trainers, educational institutions, law enforcement agencies, auditing firms, regulatory agencies, charitable organizations, CPE certification agencies, fraud prevention companies, fraud prevention associations, transaction monitoring firms, artificial intelligence producers.
Mr. Mazur shares unique insights with organizations around the globe about identifying & understanding methods of money laundering, establishing sound anti-money laundering policies & procedures, mitigating financial crime risk, security protocols, identifying current day money laundering threats, understanding the inner workings of organized crime, and team building. He also shares secrets with senior executives about how to establish rapport and enhance communication in their business and personal lives, secrets he learned while being trained in long-term undercover techniques that enabled him to successfully engage with some of the world’s most notorious organized crime figures. For Mr. Mazur, those techniques meant the difference between life and death. For senior executives, these back-channel insights can be the difference between achieving maximum success, or failing.
In the Spring of 2022, Robert’s second book, The Betrayal, was released in North America and Europe in several languages. It chronicles a second 2-year undercover assignment he carried out after the events in his earlier book, The Infiltrator. His new book, which is also being developed as a motion picture that will star Bryan Cranston, focuses not only on his infiltration of money launderers, corrupt bankers, drug kingpins in Colombia’s Cali Cartel, and the Panamanian underworld, but also addresses his near death at the hands of a law enforcement colleague, a mole for the underworld within DEA, who secretly compromised his undercover identity.
During his 27-year career as a federal agent in 3 U.S. agencies, Mr. Mazur received numerous awards, including being recognized by national professional associations as the nation’s top criminal investigator of the year, and subsequently as the nation’s top financial investigator of the year. After completing his government service, Robert managed a global investigative and consulting firm that addressed current day criminal activity in virtually every corner of the world on behalf of clients that included numerous international banks and law firms. He is now the President of KYC Solutions, Inc., a firm that provides speaking, expert witness, and consulting services to companies worldwide.
Mr. Mazur is certified in both U.S. and Canadian courts as an expert in money laundering. His articles concerning laundering, drug trafficking, and corruption have been published by many major media outlets, including the NY Times.
Whether addressing the enhanced money laundering related risk emanating from China, the laundering of criminal fortunes throughout Africa, the laundering of massive amounts of illicit funds for terrorists and Russian organized crime through Baltic nations, the leading money laundering role played by the gold refining industry in the Middle East, the emerging laundering threat posed by cryptocurrency, or addressing the fundamentals of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, Robert Mazur has the experience to enlighten and inform audiences about these and many other current day threats.
Robert continues to contribute to drug trafficking and money laundering related programming. He has been a contributor to programing that has aired on PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Univision, BBC, and other major networks. He has been a guest on more than 1,500 radio and television shows during the past several years.
Mr. Mazur presentations often include short videos and audio clips.
Organizations that have engaged Mr. Mazur as a keynote speaker or presenter of masterclasses praise his ability to captivate audiences and deliver unique information about highly relevant current day threats throughout the world.
Robert Mazur's 2024 talks & topics
“THE INFILTRATOR” – Why nearlry $2 Trillion is Laundered Every Year
Robert Mazur reveals why 98% of the nearly $2 trillion in illicit funds laundered each year moves undetected into the world economy. He shares insights from a platform built on his New York Times bestselling book, The Infiltrator, which is the basis for the internationally released film of the same name, starring Bryan Cranston, and his most recent book, The Betrayal.
With a combination of insight gained from years of operating undercover as a sophisticated money launderer and endless time spent investigating and studying the most significant current cases, Mr. Mazur arms his audiences with critical knowledge. Among other things:
- He helps compliance personnel improve their detection of customers most likely involved in the movement of significant amounts of illicit funds.
- He defines how black money markets operate around the globe.
- He exposes detailed money laundering schemes currently used by corrupt professionals, institutions and businesses.
- He identifies the geographic areas, types of transaction patterns, types of businesses, and types of products that are most often linked to laundering illicit funds.
- He sheds light on the latest aspects of terrorist financing.
- He explains why there is now a massive influx of illicit funds into China and how that threat impacts transactions globally.
- He enlightens audiences about the real place that cryptocurrency has in the legal and illegal markets.
Mr. Mazur’s presentations are gripping and transform today’s abstract headlines about complicated global money laundering techniques into easily understood principals that become ingrained in the minds of his audiences, who soak up everything he shares from the edge of their seats.
Robert Mazur's 2024 speaking fees
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