Category Archives: General thoughts

Nose in, fingers out

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Recently a client asked me how to deal with difficult directors.  How to train them, you mean? I asked – how to encourage them to attend AML training and take note of our pearls of wisdom?  No, she said: I … Continue reading →

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Podcasting off

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

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 by Susan Grossey author

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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A dash of pedantry

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

A small matter, this week, but one of great interest to me: to hyphenate or not to hyphenate?  I have always written “money laundering” but there are those – among them, the Economist newspaper, whose style guide I trust in … Continue reading →

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Glategny Court jester

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

“Please God don’t let it be money laundering” and “Heavens above, why can’t they get the concept of source of wealth?” may well be familiar phrases in the lexicon of the MLRO.  But although a greater power – greater even … Continue reading →

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E for effort

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

Here I am, back from my holiday, refreshed and raring to go.  I will admit that I was feeling rather jaded before my break, and wondering whether AML – or more specifically, AML and I – had run its course.  … Continue reading →

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Writing a wrong

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

Last week I wrote a blog post about French gangster Jacques Cassandri, who is currently on trial for laundering the proceeds of a bank robbery that he claimed,in a book he wrote, to have masterminded.  And this has started me … Continue reading →

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A tweet farewell

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

As you may have gathered, I have been away for the past month.  With only intermittent wifi access, and a long-overdue need for some downtime, I tried to take a complete break from work.  Of course, I was not completely … Continue reading →

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Going against the currency

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Susan Grossey author

A few posts ago I wrote about the Florida judge who did not consider bitcoin to be money in part because “it cannot be hidden under a mattress like cash and gold bars”.  Then I came across this BBC story … Continue reading →

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The forgotten victims

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Susan Grossey author

Sometimes, what with all the law and policies and procedures, it is easy to forget that every money laundering or white collar crime case is about people.  Whether they are the perpetrators or the victims, the laundering or other crime … Continue reading →

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