Tag Archives: Brexit

Piggy’s Progress

Posted on January 13, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Let’s risk it for a Brexit

Posted on December 30, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Desperately seeking Regulations

Posted on November 25, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

* 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 →

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Free for all

Posted on February 19, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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The Brexit bonanza for baddies

Posted on February 13, 2019 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Cloud cuckoo Brexit

Posted on August 27, 2018 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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A return to the bad old days

Posted on March 5, 2018 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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Brexit and AML

Posted on June 25, 2016 by ihatemoneylaundering

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 →

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