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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
Another good read
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Category Archives: Publications
Made to measure
About once a year I will say in a dreamy voice, “Perhaps I should do a PhD in criminology…”. I love the idea of spending months in the library as I craft my thesis, and then becoming the first-ever Dr … Continue reading
EU, FIUs, STRs and AML
Last week Europol – or, more fully, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation – published a report entitled “From Suspicion to Action – Converting financial intelligence into greater operational impact”. The report examines the AML framework within the … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, Europol, financial crime, government, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, publications
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I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
Regular readers will know that when it comes to consultations, I am Pavlov’s respondent: tell me you want my opinion and I’m slavering to give it. Indeed, so regular is my participation that I have a whole email folder entitled … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged AML, consultation, FCA, Gambling Commission, GFSC, guidance, HM Treasury, JMLSG, legislation, money laundering
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Thoroughly Modern Piggies
So tell me: what did you do this weekend? Sit in the garden? Sail to France? Slap a few prawns on the barbie? I did none of these: instead, I sat at my desk, surrounded by the new Money Laundering, … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, government, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, non-executive directors, publications
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Prize porkers
As visitors to my website and this blog cannot help but notice, I have written a few books about AML. There are two series of the “piggy” books – one for directors (with their AML oversight responsibilities) and one for … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, money laundering, publications, regulators, training
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Artful dodges?
I have written before about the potential for money laundering presented by the art world. Of course, I know this in theory only: I have never once been the customer of an art auction house. (I spent some childhood years … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, art, due diligence, financial crime, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, proceeds of crime, publications, suspicion, white collar crime
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A consultation too far?
Regular readers will know that I am quite taken with consultations: I like people asking my opinion nearly as much as I love giving it. I tend to respond to AML-themed ones most avidly, but in recent months I have … Continue reading
Potential publication: your views, please
This is not like my usual blog posts, which is why it is appearing at the weekend. I have had an idea for another AML project – you know how I love a juicy AML project – and I want … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, financial crime, government, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, publications
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The slippery slope of blame
Last weekend we were at a local garden centre – they do lovely cakes – and outside the café they had set up a mock garden. In it was a children’s slide, with a sign propped up on its steps: … Continue reading
Piggy popularity
Yesterday I made an astonishing discovery: if you go to the Amazon UK website and just type “money laundering” (without inverted commas) in the Search box, one of my piggy books is the very first listed item! (Amazon is the ultimate … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, non-executive directors, organised crime, proceeds of crime, publications
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