Some people have argued that the next frontier in the fight against financial crime is using new technology to detect money laundering. New technology could…

Traditional African societies educated their young using folklore. By exploring folklore further, it may offer Africa insight into its corruption problems. Storytelling, has a long…

A Two way street: Information Sharing Criminals do not respect borders. They take advantage of globalisation to transfer their illicitly earned money between countries using…

Having attended the FATF Consultative Forum on the 6-7th May, 2019, I was invited to present on “the latest trends / priorities in the Public…

It has already been reported in FATF Country Evaluation Results – Part 1 that over 70 Countries were assessed based on published FATF Reports and…

Key Facts and Figures on Financial Crime and contextual comparisons, from “Red Alert” published in 2014 (not yet updated) by John Cusack. Please contact the…

I like to think of “Red Alert” as an 800 page plus private travel guide through the teeming jungle of crimes, risks, regions, countries, criminals,…

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution (2462/2019) on 28th March 2019 which requires all countries to do more to act against those responsible…

In search of a Model to Measure Effectiveness This paper sets out what effectiveness could mean in terms of a Bank’s response to fighting financial…

According a Chinese proverb, “the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the next best time is now,” and so it goes…