Author Archives: ihatemoneylaundering

Podcasting off

Posted on November 13, 2019

I am a creature of the written word: there is nothing I like better than reading, unless it’s writing.  I can spell almost anything (although I always have to think carefully about fuchsia – until I remember that it’s from … Continue reading →

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Copyright or copy wrong?

Posted on November 6, 2019

As an author, I am rather keen on the concept of copyright – the noun first being used in, we are told, 1729 to mean “the exclusive right to make and sell copies of an intellectual production”.  But I will … Continue reading →

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Pass the popcorn

Posted on October 30, 2019

My telly viewing habits are rather old-fashioned: I like nothing better than watching a repeat of a beloved programme (original “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Poldark”, I’m talking about you) and I steer clear of anything gory, violent, scary or – saints … Continue reading →

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Staying the course

Posted on October 23, 2019

Brace yourselves: this is going to be one of those posts where I have a vision of how it is all going to tie together, but it will take time.  I was at an event recently where I was told … Continue reading →

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Dutch courage

Posted on October 16, 2019

One of the dearest ambitions of my little AML-ish heart has been to participate in a think-tank or colloquium or workshop or similar learned gathering, with the aim of influencing AML strategy.  I want to take part not for the … Continue reading →

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The stink of money laundering

Posted on October 9, 2019

Have you ever fibbed slightly about what you do for a living (that you work in AML) in order to avoid yet another tedious story about someone’s grandma who was with her bank for 312 years and STILL had to … Continue reading →

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The smile on the crocodile

Posted on October 2, 2019

As regular readers will know, last month I spent two weeks in Botswana, on safari.  We saw all the usual amazing beasts (elephants using their trunks as snorkels!), but perhaps the most alarming were the crocodiles – enormous, prehistoric and … Continue reading →

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An officer and a target

Posted on September 25, 2019

I’m very familiar with the work of Money Laundering Reporting Officers, Money Laundering Compliance Officers, general compliance officers and police officers.  But I had never heard of Section 151 officers until a money laundering story of relevance to them popped … Continue reading →

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From little acorns

Posted on September 18, 2019

Apologies for the confusion at the start of my blog post on 4 September: I was not back at all, but actually watching elephants swimming in Botswana.  I wrote a couple of posts in advance, to cover my absence, and … Continue reading →

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Family values

Posted on September 11, 2019

As I hope is clear from this blog, I work with clients from all over the regulated sector – although I will admit that I have very few law firms (because lawyers like to be trained by other lawyers) and … Continue reading →

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