Tag Archives: mafia

Keep washing that money

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

This blog – much like its author – veers wildly between buoyancy and doom, and this week it’s the latter. Sorry about that. And it’s about the pestilence. Sorry about that too. But there’s no lock-down for criminality and I … Continue reading →

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Ladies first

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

In an era when we have the first female Doctor Who, female heads of the Met, the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service, and a female sort-of-Prime Minister, it is perhaps only right that women should be in … Continue reading →

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Deadlier than the male

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Susan Grossey author

A little while ago, I wrote a post about the benefits of promoting more women to the Board (in short, it seems that companies with more female influence at the top act more morally). But in the spirit of equality, … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the proceeds

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Susan Grossey author

Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, while you read this blog at your desk, looking out at the pouring rain and contemplating turning up the heating, I am sitting on a harbour-side balcony in Crete. And my husband is … Continue reading →

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God and Mammon

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Susan Grossey author

Over the summer, we have had something of a masterclass in the interaction between church and money. First, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, announced that he was keen to help non-profit lenders, such as credit unions, compete with payday … Continue reading →

Posted in Bribery and corruption, Money laundering, Organised crime | Tagged Camorra, corruption, financial crime, mafia, money laundering, organised crime, PEP, proceeds of crime, tax evasion, white collar crime | 2 Comments

Taking a holiday from laundering

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Susan Grossey author

Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, by the time you read this I will be heading off on my hols. As befits someone with my particular interests, I am en route to Switzerland – albeit attracted more by its … Continue reading →

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Blessed are the peacemakers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Susan Grossey author

The Catholic church has been on my mind recently. No, it’s not because of Dan Brown’s latest book (although the review in this week’s Spectator is priceless). Rather it’s the recent rearing up of that church against some of its more … Continue reading →

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Watching our European neighbours

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Susan Grossey author

After the enormous disappointment of “My Big Fat Gypsy Fortune” on Channel 4 a couple of weeks ago, I am hoping that “proper” telly can do better this week. Tonight, at 8.30pm on BBC1, we have an episode of “Panorama” … Continue reading →

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Share and share alike

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

A recent announcement by the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Organised Crime suggested that assets confiscated from the mafia should be re-used for social purposes – and that provisions for such re-use should be included in the proposed EU directive on … Continue reading →

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Spreading its tentacles

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Susan Grossey author

In the Economist this week (issue dated 10 November, with the hugging Obamas on the cover), there are not one but two articles about the mafia in Italy. One (“A plague on all their houses”) concerns the spread of mafia-driven … Continue reading →