[2] Charles and his wife, Joy,[3] grew the organization to over 6,500 members by 2007[3] and established the CAMS designation for anti-money laundering (AML) professionals.

[9] In October 2004, ACAMS sent representatives to Dubai to start training Middle Eastern students to detect and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

[14] In January 2007, ACAMS gave Gregory A. Simms, former senior investigator at the Jamaican Financial Services Commission, the CAMS designation.

[16] In July 2008, ACAMS and Case Western Reserve University School of Law offered a five-day course for compliance officers and others interested in the AML field.

[17] In May 2009, ACAMS signed an agreement with Fudan University in Shanghai to jointly provide anti-money laundering training throughout mainland China.

In September 2008, at the seventh Annual International Money Laundering Conference & Exhibition, special sessions addressed the increasing risks caused by new online banking technologies and the emerging "virtual worlds.