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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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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: Brexit
Piggy’s Progress
At the end of each year I do a stock-take of my piggy sales – by which I mean, I add up how many copies of I have sold of my two suites of AML books for non-exec directors (i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged AML, Brexit, directors, estate agent, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, non-executive directors, publications, writing
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Let’s risk it for a Brexit
Better late than never, I suppose – the UK’s third National Risk Assessment, due in October 2019, was finally published on 17 December 2020. When discussing risk assessment with MLROs, I describe it as a focussing exercise: you start big, … Continue reading
Desperately seeking Regulations
* Alert! This is a long, ranty post – you may need a Jaffa Cake or two to stay the course…* I’m quite bright. Not “University Challenge” winning team bright, but I have a couple of degrees, I can sometimes … Continue reading
Free for all
Just as Voldemort’s name cannot be used for fear of conjuring him up, so too we have declared a taboo in our house on the B word (the one to do with the EU) and on the name of the … Continue reading
The Brexit bonanza for baddies
You have probably guessed from recent tear-stained posts that I am not a fan of Brexit. Having lived an international life surrounded – very happily – by people from all over the world, I rear up at the thought of … Continue reading
Cloud cuckoo Brexit
Don’t worry: I’m not going to tell you again how I feel about Brexit. This update is purely about the AML implications for those of us left behind in the cast-adrift, backwards-looking, isolationist UK. As you know, the European Fifth … Continue reading
A return to the bad old days
You all know how I feel about Brexit, so we shall draw a discreet veil over the months of wailing and gnashing of teeth and rending of garments that have befallen Grossey Mansions. However, as I had feared, we are … Continue reading
Brexit and AML
The UK has voted to leave the EU. I am devastated, of course, but that is a personal sadness. From a professional point of view, my concern is what will happen to the AML legislation that we in the UK … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, Brexit, financial crime, government, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering
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