Monthly Archives: September 2012

Striking the right balance

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

Last week I was doing some training on the topic of enhanced due diligence, and – seeing the extensive list of what is entailed – one of the delegates asked wearily, “Is it worth it?”  And he had a very … Continue reading →

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Not worth the paper

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

With stories hitting the headlines recently about employees who turn out to be something of a liability (such as Jessica Harper of Lloyds Bank and Kweku Adoboli of UBS), and emphasis being placed by regulators on screening employees, the role … Continue reading →

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Sitting pretty

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

In my line of work, I visit a lot of offices – small companies, large ones, fancy banks, tiny estate agencies, regulators, police, the occasional casino.  And as I was sitting in a very grand foyer last week, leafing through … Continue reading →

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Sifting fact from fiction

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

I met a friend for lunch yesterday – we hadn’t seen each other for twenty years (i.e. since we were in primary school – go on, work with me here) and so had plenty to catch up on.  One thing … Continue reading →

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He’s really not the one, believe me

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

As some of you may know, I am a magistrate.  (Yes, we do sit on a raised platform.  No, we do not get to wear fancy wigs and gowns.  Yes, people do sometimes get confused and call us “Your Majesty”. … Continue reading →

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I’m with Eleanor on this one

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin D, once said: “I used to tell my husband that if he could make me ‘understand’ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country”.  Maybe it’s because of … Continue reading →

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Hands in the till

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

I don’t want to jump on the banker-bashing bandwagon, but as I go through my regular morning routine of media-sniffing for money laundering stories to put on the news page of my website, I have noticed something of a trend. … Continue reading →

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My e-publishing adventure – part 12

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

Goodness, what with the summer hols and all, it seems an age since I last updated you on my progress in the world of e-publishing.  Regular readers will know that my MLRO-about-town Edward Jones appears in Money Laundering Bulletin every … Continue reading →

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A young man’s game no more

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

As the journalist no doubt intended, my attention today was caught by the fact that George Evans, sent down last week for eighteen years for drug dealing and money laundering, was 78 years old – a great-grandfather, no less.  When … Continue reading →

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Unseen victims

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

At the end of the summer, the UK’s Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC – part of SOCA) published “A Baseline Assessment on the Nature and Scale of Human Trafficking in 2011”. (You can download it here.)  In it, the UKHTC attempts … Continue reading →

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