Category Archives: Publications

Free download of financial crime novel

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Some of you may know that my obsession with financial crime spreads into my personal life, and that my hobby is writing historical financial crime novels.  My first series is narrated by a magistrates’ constable in London in the 1820s, … Continue reading →

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Squid’s in

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Something of a departure for this money laundering-obsessed blog (and an extra to my weekly post, which will appear as usual on Wednesday), but please indulge me.  I have been running a one-person AML consultancy for nearly a quarter of … Continue reading →

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A piggy new year to everyone

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Welcome back, one and all.  Well, wasn’t that an exciting festive period?  Just as I was undoing the top button on my skirt, ready to launch into the yard of Jaffa Cakes that my husband (he knows me so well) … Continue reading →

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Making AML count

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

One of the most common requests I hear when designing AML training for clients is for case studies (which I have blogged about recently) and for “lessons learned”.  Alongside this, we have regulators regularly reminding us that their final notices … Continue reading →

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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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Report from the frontline

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

It may surprise you to hear that when I was a teenager I wanted to be, no, not a model or an air hostess (as they were called in the dim and distant 1980s) or even an AML specialist, but … Continue reading →

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Best foot forward

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

In recent weeks I have worked in Guernsey and Jersey and I am rather fond of both places – not least because they have rather strict AML regimes, and you know how I feel about taking AML jolly seriously.  Despite … Continue reading →

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New Guernsey piggies in the sty

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

A very quick post specifically for my Guernsey readers.  Just for you, I have: Read the new Schedule 3 and Handbook cover to cover Updated all five of my piggy books – for NEDs, and for the accountancy, banking, fiduciary … Continue reading →

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