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“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
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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”
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AML for NEDs in five editions: Guernsey, Isle of Man, International, Jersey and UK
AML books for UK staff
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“The Man in the Canary Waistcoat” – the second Sam Plank novel
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Slaves to the legislation
In recent weeks there has been a huge amount of soul-searching and hand-wringing about money. Much of it has concerned the slippery distinctions between tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax avoidance, with phrases like “morally repugnant” being bandied about … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, financial crime, government, legislation, MLRO, money laundering, proceeds of crime, tax evasion
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No escape for NY compliance officers
Ever since it burst onto the regulatory scene in 2011, the New York Department of Financial Services has specialised in ruffling feathers. In August 2014 they stepped out of line with all other regulators (who were considering a united approach) … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, government, legislation, MLRO, money laundering, proceeds of crime, sanctions
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Taking money laundering to tusk
It never ceases to amaze me, the lengths that people will go to and the atrocities they will commit and tolerate in order to make money. In recent training sessions I have been updating people on wildlife trafficking (you know … Continue reading
Posted in Due diligence, Money laundering, Uncategorized
Tagged AML, corruption, due diligence, financial crime, money laundering, proceeds of crime, smuggling
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Bad little bywords
Thank heavens for alliteration, I say. In today’s crowded, tweeting, 24-hour news world, we don’t have to say “the leak of eleven million documents from the offices of law firm Mossack Fonseca”, but instead can save valuable milliseconds by referring … Continue reading
Posted in Bribery and corruption, Money laundering
Tagged corruption, FATF, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, Panama Papers, PEP, proceeds of crime, tax evasion
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Me first, no, me first
And so the battle to appear whiter than white begins – and not before time. As British politicians fall over themselves to publish their tax returns, the UK government has announced the launch of a new taskforce to investigate the … Continue reading
Piggy popularity
Yesterday I made an astonishing discovery: if you go to the Amazon UK website and just type “money laundering” (without inverted commas) in the Search box, one of my piggy books is the very first listed item! (Amazon is the ultimate … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, non-executive directors, organised crime, proceeds of crime, publications
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A personal perception of the Panama Papers
Well, what to say about this week’s big leak – except that I am loving the alliteration of the Panama Papers on “Panorama”. I’m particularly enjoying the way the poor benighted Mossack Fonseca PR person is finding a thousand different … Continue reading
Top-level training
First of all, I hope you enjoyed my little April Fool’s joke on Friday… I wrote a little while ago about the refreshing honesty of the UK’s first national money laundering risk assessment, and now it’s the turn of the … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, government, Isle of Man, money laundering, publications, training
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An uncommon event
I recently celebrated a landmark birthday, and over the past year I have been reflecting on, and considering the future direction of, my career. Don’t panic: I am still obsessed with, dedicated to and fascinated by money laundering, but I have … Continue reading