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“The Solo Squid: How to Run a Happy One-Person Business”
“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
FREE Official Guide to the Sam Plank Mysteries – sample chapters and glossary
New e-boxset of first three Sam Plank e-books! Click image to buy…
“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
Another good read
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Tag Archives: research
The young and the riskless
I never thought I’d say this, but there are two great advantages to being 55: (a) I’ve had my first covid jab (one shivery night afterwards but apart from that – woohoo!), and (b) I’m not being targeted quite as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, fraud, fraudster, investment, MLRO, money laundering, research, risk
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All in the mind
I have a daily Google alert that sends me anything containing the phrase “money laundering”, and earlier this month it sent me down the rabbit-hole of reading about “mental money laundering”. It’s not – as sometimes happens – the simple … Continue reading
Ethics girls and boys
With the recent headlines concerning Mr Trump’s tax arrangements and Mr Johnson’s awarding of government contracts to chums, you can imagine that the issue of morality has been much on my mind. I come from mixed stock: one half of … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Uncategorized, White collar crime
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, ethics, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, research, risk-based approach, suspicion, training
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Latest leak lessons
This is a tricky time to write a blog post, as everywhere is swirling with stories from the “FinCEN Files”. I have explored the leaks on the ICIJ website, read the reputable (and disreputable) press sources and watched the “Panorama” … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, White collar crime
Tagged AML, communication, corruption, due diligence, Economist, financial crime, government, legislation, MLRO, money laundering, organised crime, Panorama, PEP, proceeds of crime, research, SARs, suspicion, suspicious activity report, white collar crime
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AML for the autodidact
I’m a big fan of surveys and reports: give me a sniff of a group of compliance types being asked for their take on AML, and I’m there with my hand in the air, begging for the results, like the … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, financial crime, LexisNexis, money laundering, publications, research, training
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Data doom and delight
With writing a post once a week only (I’ve fallen into writing longer posts less frequently – hope that’s OK), there’s sometimes a bit of a delay until I get round to dealing with something that’s been in the news. … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, disclosure, due diligence, financial crime, government, money laundering, organised crime, Politico, proceeds of crime, research, SARs, suspicion, tax evasion
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A most tempting offer
The name of my company is the result of a family joke: my father observed one day that I was always thinking about crime. I wasn’t sure I’d be allowed to have the name but I was, and it’s memorable … Continue reading
Webinar woes
Like many of you, I am trying to ensure that I keep my skills and knowledge as current as I can. I don’t have CPD obligations, but it’s easy to get stale or set in our ways, and there is … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering, Training
Tagged AML, communication, due diligence, money laundering, publications, research, training, webinar
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Leak technique
I’ve been doing some remote training recently for a new MLRO, which has been great fun: we’ve covered all the essential and then plenty of those fun, tangential topics that concern MLROs – including beneficial ownership and (our topic for … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Money laundering
Tagged AML, disclosure, due diligence, financial crime, ICIJ, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, money laundering, Offshore Leaks Database, organised crime, Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, PEP, proceeds of crime, research, risk-based approach, tax evasion, white collar crime
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Calculators at the ready
Sometimes words enter your vocabulary and you can’t remember where or when you first heard them but suddenly they’re there and you’re hearing and using them all the time. I’m not talking about “lock-down” or “social distancing” or “flattening the … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Bribery and corruption, Money laundering
Tagged AML, bribery, corruption, due diligence, Indonesia, MLRO, money laundering, PEP, regulator, research, risk-based approach
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