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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: Training
AML for the autodidact
I’m a big fan of surveys and reports: give me a sniff of a group of compliance types being asked for their take on AML, and I’m there with my hand in the air, begging for the results, like the … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, financial crime, LexisNexis, money laundering, publications, research, training
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Data doom and delight
With writing a post once a week only (I’ve fallen into writing longer posts less frequently – hope that’s OK), there’s sometimes a bit of a delay until I get round to dealing with something that’s been in the news. … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, disclosure, due diligence, financial crime, government, money laundering, organised crime, Politico, proceeds of crime, research, SARs, suspicion, tax evasion
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Webinar woes
Like many of you, I am trying to ensure that I keep my skills and knowledge as current as I can. I don’t have CPD obligations, but it’s easy to get stale or set in our ways, and there is … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, money laundering, publications, research, training, webinar
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Podcasting off
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
Posted in AML, General thoughts, Training
Tagged AML, communication, money laundering, training, writing
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A case in point
I’m ba-ack! So let’s leap straight in with a complaint. As every MLRO knows, nothing enlivens an AML training session like a story – known officially as a case study. At the moment, staff are lapping up details of “the £16 … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, case studies, communication, Egmont Group, financial crime, money laundering, publications, research, training
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On the campaign trail
Recently I was asked to provide some text to be considered for inclusion in an AML awareness campaign – I’m not sure yet whether my contribution has been accepted but I will let you know. I was therefore already thinking … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, government, money laundering, training, white collar crime, writing
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E for effort
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
Posted in AML, General thoughts, Training
Tagged AML, money laundering, proceeds of crime, publications, research, training, writing
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Confession is good for the soul
Today’s question: in what way is an AML trainer like a Catholic priest? Let me set the scene (which I shall keep deliberately vague, for reasons that shall become obvious). Some time ago I was invited in to see a … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, legislation, MLRO, money laundering, SARs, suspicion, training
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Turn and face the strange
I am in reflective mood. Over a recent wet weekend my husband and I tidied out our loft. (I know: not for us a glamorous mini-break in San Tropez.) And amongst the usual broken suitcases, comically out-of-date clothes and half … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Training
Tagged AML, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, legislation, money laundering, publications, research, Susan Grossey, Thinking about Crime Limited, training, writing
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A laundering own goal
People sometimes ask me how I can bear to stick with just one subject for over twenty years – yes, that’s how long I have been AML-ing. And I simply say that although the subject remains the same, and indeed … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, training
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