Monthly Archives: May 2012

Why can’t they stop being naughty for just three weeks?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

It’s just three weeks, I thought.  What can happen in three quiet little weeks?  Well, frankly, they might as well have published the Fourth Money Laundering Directive – so much happened that one more piece of Tremendously Important Legislation wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Sunglasses all round

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

This will be my last post for a little while, as I am taking a holiday.  No, I am not jetting off to glamorous locations on the strength of pots of royalties from Ned the pig and Edward the MLRO … Continue reading →

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Showing some restraint

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

Recently I have been bathing in Schadenfreude.  No, this is not the natural successor to Badedas, or a spa town in Bavaria: from the German for “damage joy”, it is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.  I’m not a … Continue reading →

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International men of mystery go offline

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

As you may have read (for instance, here on the Beeb website), the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency has been taken offline after a cyber-attack.  I’m not certain how it all works, but basically you get so many … Continue reading →

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Off-white collar crime

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

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 →

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