Tag Archives: proceeds of crime

Top tips for MLROs

Posted on December 29, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

And so here we are: my final weekly blog post.  I could think of no more fitting topic than my top five tips for MLROs, garnered over twenty-five years of working with you. Get people to care.  It’s all very … Continue reading →

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I really do hate money laundering

Posted on December 8, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

As I reach the final weeks of my career in AML, several people have asked me what I will miss the most.  My husband – used, I suppose, to hearing the unvarnished version of events – has also asked me … Continue reading →

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Please release me

Posted on November 17, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

The principle of mitigation is an important one in the justice system.  Once someone has pleaded guilty to an offence – or been found guilty of it after a trial – the attention of the court turns to sentencing, and … Continue reading →

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Dull as dishwater

Posted on November 10, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

One of the most common requests I have from people commissioning my training is for case studies – stories about money launderers.  And I am more than happy to oblige, as researching these creatures is one of the guilty pleasures … Continue reading →

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Underfunded, under-supervised and over here

Posted on November 3, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

I know, I know: who thought I would spend my last few months as an AML-er shaking my fist impotently at the madness that is freeports?  But here we are.  I’ve written before (here and here) about why they’re such … Continue reading →

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A bid for freedom

Posted on September 15, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

Woohoo, I do love a good helping of Schadenfreude, and to this end one of my favourite things is hearing about what happens to the fancy assets of criminals when they are taken away (both the assets and the criminals).  … Continue reading →

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Frown and gown

Posted on September 8, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

I loved being a university student.  I liked pedalling around on my bike, modelling my road positioning, arm signals and indeed wardrobe on those of Miss Jean Brodie (in her prime, gels, as the first two minutes of the movie … Continue reading →

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Undue influence

Posted on August 4, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

I’m of an age when the people I admired in my youth were known as “role models” – for me, people like Olivia Newton-John and Indira Gandhi (I had wide-ranging interests and confused professional ambitions – should I top the … Continue reading →

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If money laundering were legal…

Posted on July 21, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

Well, I’m back, having spent a week in the Suffolk countryside, which encourages a slowing of the pace and a contemplating of the navel.  Just before I went away, a fellow AML enthusiast called Dev Odedra posed this question in … Continue reading →

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A nose for trouble

Posted on May 26, 2021 by ihatemoneylaundering

My usual watchwords for this blog are (in ascending order of emotion) “disappointment”, “indignation” and “outrage”.  But this week it is “awwwww”, because it’s all about a litter of cuddly, snuggly puppies.  Last week the Metropolitan Police’s Dog Training Establishment … Continue reading →

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