Tag Archives: bribery

Investment banks don’t yet know their ABC

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

One of the most important lessons in life is how to prioritise things – how to spend your limited time, energy, money and other resources on the things that matter.  It’s the bedrock of the risk-based approach beloved (-ish) of … Continue reading →

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Our domestic PEPs don’t know they’re born

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

I don’t know much about South Sudan.  I’m guessing that it’s south of Sudan, and a quick Wiki-search tells me that the capital is Juba, that the whole country is pretty swampy, and that little is known about its fungi. … Continue reading →

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Lazy, lazy legislation

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

I tried to join a gym yesterday, but my body refused – it said that it just couldn’t be bothered, and that a KitKat in the cafe next door was much more appealing.  (And I ask you, can you really … Continue reading →

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Clean-billed Kiwis take top spot

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

I don’t usually blog on a Thursday, but I thought you might be as excited as I am about the Corruption Perceptions Index 2011 which was published at a minute past midnight.  (No I did not wait up, although extra … Continue reading →

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Season of bribes and mellow inducements

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Autumn must be the season for indices, as we have had a bumper crop of them recently.  I talked about the Financial Secrecy Index a few posts ago, and then Transparency International flexed their indexing muscles with the East African … Continue reading →

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So that’s what lawyers are for

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

I’m so used to RSS feeds and automatic email updates that I sometimes forget to do my own checking of relevant websites, and so an excellent publication by the Serious Fraud Office nearly escaped my notice.  “Serious Economic Crime: A … Continue reading →

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A criminal – but not too much of one

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

At a recent training session, I was talking about the Bribery Act 2010.  (Normally I try to stick quite closely to money laundering, on the basis that all crimes lead to laundering anyway, and if I start diverging into fraud, … Continue reading →

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When points don’t mean prizes

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that it is bringing charges against Munir Patel under the sparkly new Bribery Act 2010.  (The Serious Fraud Office will handle the big, juicy cases involving foreign bribery but are happy to … Continue reading →

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Something’s smelling rank around here

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

We all love rankings and league tables, don’t we?  Top ten this and five biggest that – we can’t resist.  And the world of money laundering is no different.  Pity the poor MLRO, looking for ways to apply a fair … Continue reading →

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Should that be the Corruption Perceptions Xedni?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

I am reading a book called “Treasure Islands” by Nicholas Shaxson.  It’s about tax havens (or what he prefers to call “secrecy jurisdictions”) and I am really enjoying it – it’s terrifically well-written, and the subject is fascinating.  I’m not … Continue reading →

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