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A reliability rating for Regs

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

I regularly visit Switzerland which, being such a lumpy little country, has a lot of weather – and many ways in which the weather can kill you (avalanches, mountain mists, tsunamis, etc.).  (I know you won’t believe me about the … Continue reading →

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Now and forever

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

As regular readers will know, I have a great fondness for Guernsey.  It has a mild climate, lovely scenery, excellent food – and a rather admirable AML regime.  (That last bit doesn’t make it into the VisitGuernsey brochures or telly … Continue reading →

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From little acorns

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

I work regularly in the UK and four UK-related jurisdictions, and for those five I take pains to learn their AML legislation, regulation and guidance.  When it comes to the other jurisdictions of the world and their AML regimes, I … Continue reading →

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Adiós a la Cara de Piña

Posted on May 30, 2017 by

Panama has been in the news recently for its Papers, but long before then we had Noriega (or “Old Pineapple Face”, as his braver countrymen called him – behind his back, of course).  Indeed, when I started out as a … Continue reading →

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A record number of records

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

I know I said last time that I wouldn’t be doing anything until the UK’s new Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and their attendant guidance notes are finalised and approved (we’re working towards 26 June 2017), but that doesn’t stop me having … Continue reading →

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A state of grace

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Someone asked me recently about grace.  Not the spiritual kind, or indeed the physical – if there is a loose paving stone within a hundred yards, I will trip over it.  No, what they were concerned about is the period … Continue reading →

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More haste, less progress

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

I’m one of those annoying people who take deadlines really, really seriously.  Last year I accidentally prepared two tax returns because I did the first one so far in advance of the deadline that I clean forgot that I had … Continue reading →

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Smile: you’re on ATM camera!

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Years ago, I used to joke in AML training sessions that one day CDD would be obsolete because as soon as a baby was born s/he would be tattooed with an indelible barcode which would be used as proof of … Continue reading →

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Hold your Criminal Finance horses

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

Well, it’s here: the Criminal Finances Act 2017 has received Royal Assent.  And it has been quite an education in legislative procedure for me at least.  For instance, did you know that the progress of a Bill (before an Act … Continue reading →

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Conspiring against criminal cash

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

I have written a few times before about the interesting stage that all countries go through as their criminals (alongside ordinary people, but I’m less interested in them) transition from cash to non-cash working patterns.  As a jurisdiction’s AML regime … Continue reading →

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