“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
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: legislation
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
In my opinion, there are countless precious and all but irreplaceable things that the UK will lose if it leaves the EU, including access to many of the EU-wide initiatives, agencies and programmes that make the bloc such a success. … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, European Commission, European Union, financial crime, government, legislation, money laundering, proceeds of crime, research
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Vote early, vote often
Thank goodness it’s nearly over: I don’t think I can take much more politicking this year. Regular readers will know that I loathe, detest and despair at the idea of our leaving the EU and I have voted (postally) accordingly. … Continue reading
Making AML count
One of the most common requests I hear when designing AML training for clients is for case studies (which I have blogged about recently) and for “lessons learned”. Alongside this, we have regulators regularly reminding us that their final notices … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, FATF, Financial Action Task Force, financial crime, government, legislation, organised crime, proceeds of crime, publications, research, RUSI
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Copyright or copy wrong?
As an author, I am rather keen on the concept of copyright – the noun first being used in, we are told, 1729 to mean “the exclusive right to make and sell copies of an intellectual production”. But I will … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, General thoughts
Tagged AML, communication, copyright, due diligence, legislation, money laundering, publications, research, risk-based approach
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An officer and a target
I’m very familiar with the work of Money Laundering Reporting Officers, Money Laundering Compliance Officers, general compliance officers and police officers. But I had never heard of Section 151 officers until a money laundering story of relevance to them popped … Continue reading
Words speaking louder than actions
Now I know it’s important to Think Big – to have goals and targets and ambition. But you can take it too far. And I rather think that in their recent “Economic Crime Plan 2019-2022” the joint forces of HMG … 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
