“The Solo Squid: How to Run a Happy One-Person Business”
“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
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: December 2015
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2015. If it were a … Continue reading
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All the money in the world
I spend most of my time thinking about scuzzy criminals and their dastardly deeds, but for my last post before Christmas, I thought I would spread a bit of seasonal goodwill by focussing instead on those items that even the … Continue reading
See no evil
I was talking recently to a new client about some training that they had commissioned from me for their staff. I put together an outline of what I thought I should and could cover in the time, including the topics … Continue reading
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Papa don’t preach
Thomas Fabius was three years old when his father Laurent was elected prime minister of France, so it is safe to say that he had something of a privileged childhood – notwithstanding the socialist politics of his father. (Although it … Continue reading
A (rotting) rose by any other name
You’ve all heard me gripe about tax evasion – about how people seem to be able to perform all sorts of mental and financial gymnastics in order to convince themselves that it’s not really a crime, not like drug trafficking … Continue reading
Own goals
I have just watched a documentary on the investigation of corruption in FIFA (thanks, Jason, for recommending it) and I have to say that, even seasoned criminal-hater that I am, I was left speechless at the brazenness of the actions … Continue reading
Exposed to scrutiny
As an author myself, desperate to understand the vicissitudes of the book-buying public, I devour any articles on the publishing industry. In the Economist recently there was a piece about the growing demand for children’s books in China, now that … Continue reading
Has AML been ousted?
Last week, Barclays in the UK was fined £72,069,400 by the Financial Conduct Authority for “failing to minimise the risk that it may be used to facilitate financial crime” while processing a £1.88 billion “elephant deal” (i.e. stonking great deal) … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, due diligence, FCA, financial crime, MLRO, money laundering
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One-stop knocking shop
Following a recent Financial Times article on money laundering through cash-intensive businesses in the UK (albeit in the “luxury sector”), a investigation in New Jersey is a timely reminder for us all about how useful to criminals are businesses that … Continue reading
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Tagged due diligence, financial crime, High Value Dealer, MLRO, money laundering, proceeds of crime
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I hate money laundering 