Tag Archives: due diligence

Give me a break

Posted on July 28, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

I struggle to think of many good things to come out of the pandemic apart from a fabulous recipe for squishy chocolate chip cookies that I unearthed in desperation after the closure of my usual source.  However, it has afforded … Continue reading →

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If money laundering were legal…

Posted on July 21, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

Well, I’m back, having spent a week in the Suffolk countryside, which encourages a slowing of the pace and a contemplating of the navel.  Just before I went away, a fellow AML enthusiast called Dev Odedra posed this question in … Continue reading →

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I beg your pardon

Posted on February 17, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

In the last few days of the presidency of Donald Trump, when he was granting pardons to his chums and executing three black men and a woman while his mob was looting the Capitol, I read a tweet that has … Continue reading →

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Name and shame

Posted on February 10, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

We’re all used to lists and databases.  There are sanctions screening systems and PEP screening systems.  Within their organisations, MLROs have access to client databases.  And, to a greater or lesser extent, jurisdictions are getting on board with beneficial ownership … Continue reading →

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Ho-ho-ho and CDD

Posted on December 23, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

I am assuming that one or two of you might be at work today, so let us turn our AML minds to an important seasonal matter: conducting CDD on Father Christmas.  For this particular individual even the most basic identity … Continue reading →

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Great-grandpapa’s billions

Posted on December 2, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

Like many of you, I have been reading “Kleptopia” by investigative reporter Tom Burgis.  It’s both wonderfully well-written and terrifically depressing.  If there’s a British PM in the past twenty years who hasn’t been advising foreign kleptocrats on how to … Continue reading →

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Ethics girls and boys

Posted on September 30, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

With the recent headlines concerning Mr Trump’s tax arrangements and Mr Johnson’s awarding of government contracts to chums, you can imagine that the issue of morality has been much on my mind.  I come from mixed stock: one half of … Continue reading →

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Latest leak lessons

Posted on September 23, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

This is a tricky time to write a blog post, as everywhere is swirling with stories from the “FinCEN Files”.  I have explored the leaks on the ICIJ website, read the reputable (and disreputable) press sources and watched the “Panorama” … Continue reading →

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AML for the autodidact

Posted on September 9, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

I’m a big fan of surveys and reports: give me a sniff of a group of compliance types being asked for their take on AML, and I’m there with my hand in the air, begging for the results, like the … Continue reading →

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Osh Ghosh begone

Posted on September 2, 2020 by ihatemoneylaundering

I have had no legal training, but on the plus side I have a high boredom threshold and I love reading – both of which are, I believe, essential for lawyers.  This means that I can generally work my way … Continue reading →

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