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
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
Tag Archives: due diligence
So near and yet so far
At the end of June 2019, the UK’s Gambling Commission – one of our five-star AML regulators, getting top marks from users for both approachability and communication – published its 2018 money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment. This examines … Continue reading
The law(yer) is an ass
AML efforts tend to move in one direction: more, greater, stronger, bigger – whatever the right adjective may be. Occasionally we see an unwinding (as when many jurisdictions removed general insurance business from the AML family) but for the most … Continue reading
FATF 1, EU 0
The Fourth Money Laundering Directive brought us many delights, including Article 9: “Third-country jurisdictions which have strategic deficiencies in their national AML/CFT regimes that pose significant threats to the financial system of the Union (‘high-risk third countries’) shall be identified … Continue reading
Facecrook?
Here’s what I have read about Facebook Libra: According to the Financial Times, it is “a new global digital currency backed by assets and supported by more than two dozen companies ranging from Visa and Mastercard to Lyft and Spotify”. … Continue reading
On their own authority
Over a two-decade career in AML, one of the things I have noticed is the “normalisation” of the terms “money laundering” and “AML”. When I first started out, I had to explain to everyone non-finance-y what money laundering was and … Continue reading
Inside the tent but still p***ing in
In my guise as a magistrate I have become familiar with a thrilling document called the “Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines”. It’s an entirely public, well, publication, as justice is meant to be transparent and accessible to all. And if you … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Organised crime
Tagged AML, communication, corruption, due diligence, MLRO, money laundering, National Crime Agency, NCA, organised crime, suspicion
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Best foot forward
In recent weeks I have worked in Guernsey and Jersey and I am rather fond of both places – not least because they have rather strict AML regimes, and you know how I feel about taking AML jolly seriously. Despite … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Bribery and corruption, Money laundering, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged AML, CDD, corruption, Corruption Perceptions Index, due diligence, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, money laundering, PEP
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Too much of a bad thing
Please may I distract you from the festering plague sore that is Brexit by drawing your attention instead to something we Brits do rather well, which is AML supervision. In fact we’re so good at this that we have dozens … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Supervision
Tagged AML, due diligence, FCA, Financial Action Task Force, financial crime, Gambling Commission, government, HMRC, legislation, money laundering, OPBAS, RUSI, supervision
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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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Cut on the bias
We’re all biased – there’s no getting away from it. My own particular unfair bias is against taxi drivers; as a cyclist I have been sworn at, side-swiped and (once) squeezed with my bike against the back of a lorry … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Money laundering
Tagged AML, CDD, corruption, due diligence, financial crime, money laundering, research, risk-based approach, suspicion
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