Monthly Archives: August 2019

Words speaking louder than actions

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

Now I know it’s important to Think Big – to have goals and targets and ambition.  But you can take it too far.  And I rather think that in their recent “Economic Crime Plan 2019-2022” the joint forces of HMG … Continue reading →

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So near and yet so far

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

At the end of June 2019, the UK’s Gambling Commission – one of our five-star AML regulators, getting top marks from users for both approachability and communication – published its 2018 money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment.  This examines … Continue reading →

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RUSI and the red team

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

Regular readers will know how I love “crisp” writing: writing that is clear, well-structured, unambiguous and just that little bit elegant.  (Compare and contrast with most of the hurried, rambling and frankly inaccurate drivel that appears online these days.)  Two … Continue reading →

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The law(yer) is an ass

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

AML efforts tend to move in one direction: more, greater, stronger, bigger – whatever the right adjective may be.  Occasionally we see an unwinding (as when many jurisdictions removed general insurance business from the AML family) but for the most … Continue reading →

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