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“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
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Recent posts
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: February 2021
Back to school
When I was eleven I spent four terms in a girls’ boarding school in Worcestershire – as an only child I did not take well to the lack of privacy, and by far my fondest memory is of a day … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, bribery, CDD, corruption, money laundering, monitoring, National Crime Agency, NCA, OCCRP, PEP, Russian Laundromat, Transparency International
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I beg your pardon
In the last few days of the presidency of Donald Trump, when he was granting pardons to his chums and executing three black men and a woman while his mob was looting the Capitol, I read a tweet that has … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, CDD, drug trafficking, due diligence, fit and proper, money laundering, white collar crime
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Name and shame
We’re all used to lists and databases. There are sanctions screening systems and PEP screening systems. Within their organisations, MLROs have access to client databases. And, to a greater or lesser extent, jurisdictions are getting on board with beneficial ownership … Continue reading
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Tagged beneficial ownership, CDD, due diligence, Magnitsky Act, MLRO, PEP, Politically Exposed Person, register, sanctions, screening
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The age of the mistress criminal?
I have written a couple of times before (here and here) about the ascendency of women in the world of criminality in general and money laundering in particular. And it seems that this is no short-term trend – it’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, AML, cryptocurrencies, drug trafficking, fraud, front business, money laundering, OCG, organised crime, Ponzi
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