“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
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
Another good read
Category Archives: Bribery and corruption
It’s coming home – if we pay its fare
No doubt you are all – well, my English and Croatian readers at least – dusting off your scarves and vocal cords for tonight’s match. (Personally, I am speaking at a literary event in a local village – we’re not … Continue reading
Tainted treasures indeed
I have always been a swot, living mainly in my head. Physically I’ve never been much cop; I was always the one picked last – and even then, reluctantly – for sports teams, and my clumsiness is legendary. But in … Continue reading
Plane addictive
I sign up for all sorts of informational updates – sanctions alerts, Google search alerts, blog posts, RSS feeds – to make sure that I am reading widely about money laundering (and AML). Some I try for a while and … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, corruption, due diligence, financial crime, money laundering, PEP, proceeds of crime, research
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Pour encourager les autres
In the world of prosecution, it’s sometimes damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Since the Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011, the UK authorities have had access to the corporate offence of failing … Continue reading
Your money or your life
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and although I have devoted my working life to AML I am always thrilled to hear of other initiatives that are launched to take the profit out of crime. And recently … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, asset forfeiture, corruption, due diligence, money laundering, PEP, proceeds of crime, tax evasion
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The Ethics Factor
I’ve never watched “Strictly”, or “Big Brother”, or “I’m a Celebrity”, so it’s safe to say that I am not a fan of reality shows. But in the Economist this week I read about one reality show that I would … Continue reading
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Riches beyond imagination
If you were asked to prove where all of your assets have come from, could you do it? For myself, I have the mortgage documents for the house, and the original receipt for my car (bought for £4,950 cash in … Continue reading
Adiós a la Cara de Piña
Panama has been in the news recently for its Papers, but long before then we had Noriega (or “Old Pineapple Face”, as his braver countrymen called him – behind his back, of course). Indeed, when I started out as a … Continue reading
Hold your Criminal Finance horses
Well, it’s here: the Criminal Finances Act 2017 has received Royal Assent. And it has been quite an education in legislative procedure for me at least. For instance, did you know that the progress of a Bill (before an Act … Continue reading
Conspiring against criminal cash
I have written a few times before about the interesting stage that all countries go through as their criminals (alongside ordinary people, but I’m less interested in them) transition from cash to non-cash working patterns. As a jurisdiction’s AML regime … Continue reading
