Tag Archives: bribery

Gone but not un-rotten

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Susan Grossey author

Last week a client asked me a question about dead PEPs, and in looking for the answer I realised that this is not a topic addressed by the regulator.  Which is odd, given that it is the inevitable final status … Continue reading →

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Back to school

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Susan Grossey author

When I was eleven I spent four terms in a girls’ boarding school in Worcestershire – as an only child I did not take well to the lack of privacy, and by far my fondest memory is of a day … Continue reading →

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Calculators at the ready

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Sometimes words enter your vocabulary and you can’t remember where or when you first heard them but suddenly they’re there and you’re hearing and using them all the time.  I’m not talking about “lock-down” or “social distancing” or “flattening the … Continue reading →

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I beg your pardon

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

Baron Black of Crossharbour is not my favourite person, as you may imagine, and it was a dark day in May 2019 when Donald Trump granted him a full pardon, citing Black’s “broad support from many high-profile individuals who have … Continue reading →

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Pass the popcorn

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

My telly viewing habits are rather old-fashioned: I like nothing better than watching a repeat of a beloved programme (original “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Poldark”, I’m talking about you) and I steer clear of anything gory, violent, scary or – saints … Continue reading →

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The smile on the crocodile

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

As regular readers will know, last month I spent two weeks in Botswana, on safari.  We saw all the usual amazing beasts (elephants using their trunks as snorkels!), but perhaps the most alarming were the crocodiles – enormous, prehistoric and … Continue reading →

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Exceeding slow

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

You remember the summer of ’98.  The European Central Bank was founded in Brussels, Pete Sampras won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon, “Sex and the City” premiered on the telly – and Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha died at the … Continue reading →

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Adding some blacking to the UK pot

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

Any crime that generates money can lead to money laundering, but one of the biggies – and one of the most worrying for governments, with its reputational implications – is corruption.  We tend of think of high-level, regime-toppling corruption (naming … Continue reading →

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Debt and dishonour

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

One* of the best things about writing this blog is that lots of lovely readers send me great stories.  David in London (I’m using only his first name out of deference to his security background, but with that security training … Continue reading →

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Nasty things indeed

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

Today I received a fabulous email.  It came to my work email address – no surprise there, as this is plastered all over this blog and my website and so is easily harvested – and makes reference to a password … Continue reading →

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