FREE Official Guide to the Sam Plank Mysteries – sample chapters and glossary
New e-boxset of first three Sam Plank e-books! Click image to buy…
“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
Collection of columns: “Susan in the City: The Cambridge News Years”
“Portraits of Pretence” – the fourth Sam Plank novel
Sam speaks! New audiobook of “Fatal Forgery”
“Worm in the Blossom” – the third Sam Plank novel
AML for NEDs in five editions: Guernsey, Isle of Man, International, Jersey and UK
AML books for UK staff
AML books for Guernsey staff
AML books for Jersey staff
AML books for Gibraltar staff
“The Man in the Canary Waistcoat” – the second Sam Plank novel
“Fatal Forgery” – the first Sam Plank novel
Edward’s adventures now out in 6-part e-format
Another good read
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Taking a holiday from laundering
Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, by the time you read this I will be heading off on my hols. As befits someone with my particular interests, I am en route to Switzerland – albeit attracted more by its … Continue reading
Pignapped!
Many years ago, when I was an AML baby, I attended a large international financial crime conference, as the assistant to one of the speakers. He was something of a Big Cheese in AML at that point – and I … Continue reading
Back to reporting basics
It may be partly my own fault. For years – although I have stopped this now – when junior staff used to ask about how they could tell whether a money laundering suspicion was “right” or not, I would try … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Money laundering
Tagged AML, disclosure, due diligence, financial crime, money laundering, suspicion, training
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AML fatigue
I am in Guernsey this week – and it’s not wall-to-wall sunshine like on “Island Hospital”, I can tell you. But I am here for the reason that makes me happiest: to talk to lots of lovely people about money … Continue reading
The path paved with bad intentions
Last week it was announced that Florindo Flores – better known as Comrade Artemio, the last original leader of the Peruvian communist party (Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path) – had been sentenced by a court in Lima to life in … Continue reading
Yawn – it’s that tax-grab argument again
About a century ago, when I first started out in AML, I was introduced to the work of John Walker. He is an Australian criminologist with a particular interest in money laundering, and one of his most interesting (and for … Continue reading
Hit them where it hurts
According to a recent article on a leading AML website in America, financial penalties for AML failings under US legislation rose by 13,100% in 2012 over 2011. Yes, that’s 131 times more paid out in 2012 than in 2011. Of … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, financial crime, government, legislation, money laundering, penalties, tax evasion, white collar crime
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For the global NED in your life
No sooner the word than the deed. Thanks to my school-friend (or should I say Schulfreund) Robert and his brilliant idea, I have spent the past few days adapting my book on AML for NEDs to the international market. Out … Continue reading
