Tag Archives: tax evasion

Source for the goose

Posted on June 1, 2018 by

I am about to shut down for a fortnight’s holiday – my next blog post will be on Monday 18 June – but I thought I would like to leave you with a clever idea to mull.  No, it’s not … Continue reading →

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Even better than Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

I’m off on hols to Sri Lanka on Wednesday.  Go on, check out the weather forecast for Galle, and then weep with envy – we’re talking 30˚ and wall-to-wall sunshine.  To secure my week in the sun, I had to … Continue reading →

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Your money or your life

Posted on February 19, 2018 by

There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and although I have devoted my working life to AML I am always thrilled to hear of other initiatives that are launched to take the profit out of crime.  And recently … Continue reading →

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Tax is a feminist issue

Posted on January 12, 2018 by

I have written before about the interesting differences between the genders when it comes to financial crime.  And now there is a new study, published in the December 2017 issue of the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics (surely you … Continue reading →

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Paradise polluted

Posted on November 20, 2017 by

Last week I went to a new gathering of people (oh, go on, you forced it out of me: I’ve joined the Women’s Institute) and when they asked what I do and I gave the potted description, several of them … Continue reading →

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Riches beyond imagination

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

If you were asked to prove where all of your assets have come from, could you do it?  For myself, I have the mortgage documents for the house, and the original receipt for my car (bought for £4,950 cash in … Continue reading →

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A family business

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

I think I have written before about crime – including money laundering – often being a family business.  There are many advantages: for instance, there is absolute loyalty (twice over: blood and business), and there is nothing suspicious about the … Continue reading →

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Some are more equal than others

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

The connection between PEPs [politically exposed persons] and money laundering is recognised: with access to public influence and public money, these individuals in positions of high public service can fall prey to their baser desires and start feathering their private … Continue reading →

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Feeling the benefit

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

One of my very favourite things in my professional life is the concept of criminal benefit.  I like what this says about our attitude to crime and those who commit it.  Put very simply – and I am sure a … Continue reading →

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Standing my AML ground

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

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 →

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