AML for Isle of Man NEDs hits the bookshop
AML for Jersey NEDs hits the bookshop
AML for Guernsey NEDs hits the bookshop
AML for UK NEDs hits the bookshop
Edward’s adventures Part 4 now in e-format!
Edward Part 3
Edward Part 2
Edward Part 1
Another good read
Tag Archives: white collar crime
Off-white collar crime
I’ve never met him, but I think I’m going to like David Green, the incoming Director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. In various newspaper interviews last week (such as with the FT and the Telegraph), he sounded very fierce … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Money laundering
Tagged corruption, financial crime, fraud, organised crime, Serious Fraud Office, white collar crime
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Do you feel lucky, punk?
(Yes, I know it’s Thursday and I normally post on a Friday, but what with the Easter weekend and all, I thought I couldn’t let you go off hunting eggs without a little thought from me.) A story from Jamaica caught … Continue reading
Legality versus morality
I’m not usually a big fan of Hugo Rifkind, as he is – to quote an old family friend – slightly to the right of the fish knife, but in The Times on Friday (30 March 2012), he published an … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation, Tax
Tagged corruption, financial crime, government, legislation, ML Regulations, proceeds of crime, tax evasion, white collar crime
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Investment banks don’t yet know their ABC
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
If only he’d been called Charles Dodgi
(Just before I start – over 6,000 hits on this blog! Woo-hoo!) Anyway, back to the serious matter in hand. There has been such a lot in the news recently about Ponzi schemes, what with Allen Stanford, Kautilya Pruthi and the … Continue reading
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Tagged due diligence, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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The black art of sentencing
For various reasons too complicated to explain – oh, go on then, I’m researching material for a new workshop for MLROs – I have been reading about the case of Roger Taylor. In essence, this gentleman was a director of … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged financial crime, Guernsey, legislation, money laundering, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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Judge not lest ye be judged
I was in Barcelona for the weekend, and between gasping at Gaudí and marvelling at the other wonders of a city that has a chocolate museum, I found myself thinking quite a bit about Baltasar Garzón. In case you’re not … Continue reading
No half-measures here
In the immortal words of “Blackadder Goes Forth”, I’ve got to admire your balls, sir. Anyone these days can orchestrate a fraud: what with the Internet giving you access to all the gullible people in the world (of which it … Continue reading
Posted in Organised crime
Tagged financial crime, FIU, fraud, money laundering, white collar crime
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Whiter than white – not
As you may have gathered, I hate criminals. I loathe them all, but I reserve particular punishments in my imagination (perhaps being made to watch “Crossroads” on endless loop while sitting in a vat of slowly boiling treacle alongside Boyzone) … Continue reading
