New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
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
Tag Archives: white collar crime
A family business
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
Ladies first
In an era when we have the first female Doctor Who, female heads of the Met, the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service, and a female sort-of-Prime Minister, it is perhaps only right that women should be in … Continue reading
The law of the wild
In a quest to find a country that is still outward-looking and welcoming, I am going to have a look at Canada this summer. Although I will still be keeping a weather eye on all things AML, please note that … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Due diligence, Money laundering
Tagged AML, Canada, due diligence, financial crime, government, lawyer, legislation, money laundering, proceeds of crime, suspicion, white collar crime
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Feeling the benefit
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
Conspiring against criminal cash
I have written a few times before about the interesting stage that all countries go through as their criminals (alongside ordinary people, but I’m less interested in them) transition from cash to non-cash working patterns. As a jurisdiction’s AML regime … Continue reading
Queen of all I survey
I’ve been doing this AML malarkey now for a quarter of a century. It was never the grand plan, but it seems that I have devoted my working life to keeping criminal money out of the financial and related systems. … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged AML, communication, financial crime, MLRO, money laundering, proceeds of crime, research, white collar crime
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Idling in neutral
One of the difficulties of running a specialist, one-person business is providing relevant training for the staff – i.e. me. If an AML conference looks particularly ground-breaking I will sign up, but many of them go over (what is to … Continue reading
Posted in AML, Money laundering
Tagged AML, communication, criminology, financial crime, money laundering, suspicion, training, white collar crime
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Still selling their souls
In my spare time I think about financial crime, because I am the author of a series of historical financial crime novels set in London in the 1820s. When I tried to interest publishers in the first in the series, … Continue reading
Artful dodges?
I have written before about the potential for money laundering presented by the art world. Of course, I know this in theory only: I have never once been the customer of an art auction house. (I spent some childhood years … Continue reading
When legislation lets you down
For a couple of years I have been tracking the fortunes of “Les W”. The Wildensteins are one of the highest-profile families in France; Wildenstein & Co was one of the most successful and influential art dealerships of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation, Money laundering, Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged AML, legislation, money laundering, PEP, tax evasion, white collar crime
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