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“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
FREE Official Guide to the Sam Plank Mysteries – sample chapters and glossary
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“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
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Recent posts
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
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Tag Archives: ML Regulations
The UK’s reporting report card
Well, we in the UK are streets ahead of our EU neighbours in one regard at least: the number of SARs we submit to our FIU. At the start of September, Europol published a report entitled “From Suspicion to Action: … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation
Tagged AML, Europol, financial crime, government, ML Regulations, money laundering, National Crime Agency, NCA, suspicion
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Laying the (shaky) foundations
No-one who has heard me speak or read my blog will be surprised to hear that I am a devout Remainer. As someone whose parents had vivid memories of (and occasional nightmares about) the Second World War and its aftermath, … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, financial crime, government, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, proceeds of crime
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Outside the tent
Regulation has been on my mind lately – and doubly so since the decision last Friday by Transport for London not to renew the private hire licence for “ride-hailing app firm” Uber. Not that I’m affected personally – I’ve never … Continue reading
You can lead a horse to water
As you know, at the end of June we were gifted with new AML legislation here in the UK. One of its main features was an absolute clarification about the AML status of estate agents: “In these Regulations, ‘estate agent’ … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, communication, estate agent, financial crime, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, publications
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Standing my AML ground
Money laundering and I – or rather, AML and I – have been on intimate terms for more than two decades now. The muscle memory in my fingers is such that I cannot type the word “money” without following it … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, financial crime, legislation, ML Regulations, MLRO, money laundering, proceeds of crime, tax evasion
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Yippee – more acronyms!
Last week I discovered that something that exercised me a great deal – the “once a PEP, always a PEP” stance of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man – did not seem to concern the MLROs in those jurisdictions … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering
Tagged AML, Guernsey, legislation, ML Regulations, MLRO, money laundering
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Thoroughly Modern Piggies
So tell me: what did you do this weekend? Sit in the garden? Sail to France? Slap a few prawns on the barbie? I did none of these: instead, I sat at my desk, surrounded by the new Money Laundering, … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation, Money laundering, Publications
Tagged AML, communication, government, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, non-executive directors, publications
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A reliability rating for Regs
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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Tagged AML, government, legislation, ML Regulations, MLRO, money laundering
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A fine fortnight
What else could I blog about today but the seemingly daily fines on financial institutions for AML failings? Here’s what has happened (you can see the links to all of these stories on the Newsroom page of my website): 22 … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Money laundering
Tagged AML, due diligence, ML Regulations, money laundering, training
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From little acorns
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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Tagged AML, due diligence, government, India, legislation, ML Regulations, money laundering, organised crime, PEP, Philippines, proceeds of crime, Taiwan
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