Out now! “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: NCA
Paying the piper
On 16 November 2016, the UK government’s Home Affairs Select Committee concluded its examination of the UK’s proceeds of crime regime by publishing the government response to the fifth report of the committee in the form of an appendix to … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged ELMER, National Crime Agency, NCA, proceeds of crime, reporting, SAR, SARs
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I’m not allowed to watch “Crimewatch”; my husband says that what with the money laundering and the magistracy and the financial crime fiction, I’m too obsessed with crime as it is. He has a point. But when he’s away, I … Continue reading
SARs as information-sharing triggers?
Earlier this week, the head of the National Crime Agency, Keith Bristow, announced that his agency had entered into an information-sharing agreement with the ten largest British banks. I have tried without success to find an official press release on … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Legislation
Tagged disclosure, due diligence, financial crime, government, legislation, National Crime Agency, NCA, proceeds of crime, SARs, suspicion
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Not nice people at all
I am not good with violence – certainly not dishing it out, but not even watching it. I nearly keeled over into my popcorn during the chair-whipping scene in “Casino Royale”; after all, I had grown up with Bond films where … Continue reading
So I’m not wasting my time
As you may have gathered, I’m rather keen on the old AML malarkey. I was very , very lucky to stumble into it – having scraped through all my numerical exams by sheer bloody-mindedness, I would never have chosen or … Continue reading
Not all publicity is good publicity
A couple of days ago I received an interesting little update from the National Crime Agency, explaining their policy on publicising arrests. As regular readers may have gathered, I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about the sensibilities and … Continue reading
Small is not always beautiful
One of the things I like best about AML training is when someone asks a question that heads towards the philosophical – where we can metaphorically kick off our shoes for a few minutes and even more metaphorically pick the … Continue reading
Signs on doors, not jackets
So, after much anticipation, the UK’s National Crime Agency is here – it took up the reins from SOCA (and others) on Monday 7 October. There has been quite a bit written about the NCA’s new responsibilities, but I have … Continue reading
