Tag Archives: proceeds of crime

The special joy of damage joy

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

I remember the first time I was told what schadenfreude means – pleasure derived from another’s misfortune.  I quickly realised what an essential component of life it is, and thought how odd it is that only the Germans have seen … Continue reading →

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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Posted on December 11, 2019 by

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 →

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Making AML count

Posted on November 27, 2019 by

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 →

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Lights, camera, action!

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

After my little rant about podcasts, I can report this week that conversely I am fully in favour of what I still call video clips.  In the olden days, when I used videos as part of my AML training, we … Continue reading →

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Pass the popcorn

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

My telly viewing habits are rather old-fashioned: I like nothing better than watching a repeat of a beloved programme (original “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Poldark”, I’m talking about you) and I steer clear of anything gory, violent, scary or – saints … Continue reading →

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Dutch courage

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

One of the dearest ambitions of my little AML-ish heart has been to participate in a think-tank or colloquium or workshop or similar learned gathering, with the aim of influencing AML strategy.  I want to take part not for the … Continue reading →

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The stink of money laundering

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

Have you ever fibbed slightly about what you do for a living (that you work in AML) in order to avoid yet another tedious story about someone’s grandma who was with her bank for 312 years and STILL had to … Continue reading →

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The smile on the crocodile

Posted on October 2, 2019 by

As regular readers will know, last month I spent two weeks in Botswana, on safari.  We saw all the usual amazing beasts (elephants using their trunks as snorkels!), but perhaps the most alarming were the crocodiles – enormous, prehistoric and … Continue reading →

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An officer and a target

Posted on September 25, 2019 by

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 →

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From little acorns

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

Apologies for the confusion at the start of my blog post on 4 September: I was not back at all, but actually watching elephants swimming in Botswana.  I wrote a couple of posts in advance, to cover my absence, and … Continue reading →

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