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“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
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“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
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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
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
The proof is in the penalty
Sitting in court (I’m a magistrate) a little while ago, I listened to an “ex-alc” (someone charged with driving with excess alcohol in their system – drink-driving, in other words) explain how she came to be behind the wheel that … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation
Tagged AML, due diligence, financial crime, legislation, tax evasion, training
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Ponzi schemes and powder tax
I went to a birthday party recently, and when I mentioned to a group of people that, as well as AML-ing, I also write historical fiction about financial crime (if this is a surprise to you, you can dash over … Continue reading
Posted in Money laundering, Publications
Tagged due diligence, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, publications, research, writing
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The Caped Crusader for Compliance
With most high-risk jobs, you know what you’re signing up for. If you’re keen on seat-of-the-pants stuff, you become a firefighter, or Nigel Farage’s PR manager (which amounts to much the same thing). And if you’re fonder of the quiet … Continue reading
Happy Democracy Day!
Today in the UK is Democracy Day, marking the 750th anniversary of the first parliament of elected representatives at Westminster, the de Montfort Parliament. (In homage to my readers in the Isle of Man, I should point out that we … Continue reading
The safest place in town
This week I am working in a casino. It’s something of a departure from my usual training routine, in that I do most of the training late at night (I have to work when the casino staff are working, and … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged AML, casino, financial crime, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, research, training
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AML on the high seas
Over the Christmas break, we had two stories of people traffickers abandoning ships full of migrants in the seas surrounding Italy – first there was the Blue Sky M and then the Ezadeen. The Moldovan-registered Blue Sky M was transporting … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, financial crime, money laundering, organised crime, people trafficking, proceeds of crime
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Not that kind of “fit”
A regular reader of this blog is a supporter of Birmingham City FC (I am not sure where this admission ranks in the sporting world, so I shall refrain from naming him) and he and I have both been following … Continue reading
2014 in review
I wasn’t going to post again until Monday, but the WordPress.com stats helper monkeys have prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog and I thought it might be fun to share it with you. I have also done some … Continue reading
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