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“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
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“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
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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
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Tag Archives: Amazon
The age of the mistress criminal?
I have written a couple of times before (here and here) about the ascendency of women in the world of criminality in general and money laundering in particular. And it seems that this is no short-term trend – it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, AML, cryptocurrencies, drug trafficking, fraud, front business, money laundering, OCG, organised crime, Ponzi
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Free download of financial crime novel
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
Posted in Fraud, Money laundering, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, banking, Fatal Forgery, fraud, money laundering
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Cash and coffee
Last week I wrote about the growing (or at least, continuing) popularity of cash in Switzerland, so this week I am looking at the other end of the spectrum. I recently spent a long weekend in Copenhagen and while I … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged Amazon, AML, cash, contactless, credit card, due diligence, financial crime, Google Pay, government, legislation, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime
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Read all about it
As I prepare to launch my fifth historical crime novel on the world (you can read all about it here), I see that those dastardly money launderers have found a way to do their stuff via Amazon. Well, why not … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Money laundering
Tagged Amazon, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, organised crime, proceeds of crime, white collar crime
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