Monthly Archives: March 2017

PEP promises

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

My short AML survey is still live (until 31 March 2017) so please do have a go if you haven’t yet: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VM62T6K A few days ago I mentioned that I have responded to a consultation on draft new money laundering regulations … Continue reading →

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The magical disappearing regulations

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

My short AML survey is still live (until 31 March 2017) so please do have a go if you haven’t yet: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VM62T6K Oooo, you know how a love a good consultation, and this week I’ve been enjoying one close to home: … Continue reading →

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Queen of all I survey

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

I’ve been doing this AML malarkey now for a quarter of a century.  It was never the grand plan, but it seems that I have devoted my working life to keeping criminal money out of the financial and related systems.  … Continue reading →

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A spotless reputation

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

Recently I had a fog-induced flight delay at one of the Channel Island airports [I’m not being coy for no purpose; I am trying to relate an event without identifying the individual concerned].  It was tedious beyond belief, but the … Continue reading →

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Wishing you a speedy recovery

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

I have been working in Jersey this week, and at the start of the week it was announced that Jersey has undertaken to return to Kenya over £3 million of stolen assets, in an agreement signed by the Jersey Chief … Continue reading →

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Prize porkers

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

As visitors to my website and this blog cannot help but notice, I have written a few books about AML.  There are two series of the “piggy” books – one for directors (with their AML oversight responsibilities) and one for … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy and heavy-handedness

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

Since I left Sunday school with nary a backward glance when I was about eight, I have had little to do with organised religion.  I enjoyed daydreams about unattainable priests as much as the next teenage girls, but realised quite … Continue reading →

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