Trade Based Money Laundering (“TBML”) is one of the main means by which criminal groups and terrorist financiers launder money, and by which illicit financial…

Cash-based money laundering is the main means by which criminal organisations and terrorist financiers launder money, not just in SSA, but also around the world….

When I started this Newsletter, I wanted to offer a digestible collection of both interesting and relevant materials to arm financial crime fighter’s with additional…

Is Money Laundering a modern phenomena? Whilst the term “money laundering” in the sense we understand it now was first used in print in 1973…

So called laundromats, like the Russian, Azerbaijani and Troika laundromats are making headlines, tarnishing once stellar reputations, and leading to serious questions about their prevalence,…

A common thread behind much of the financial success enjoyed by criminals is the prevalence and persistence of Corruption. According to the Global Corruption Barometer…

Whilst the term “organised crime” appears to have emerged in Chicago in 1919, the phenomenon of organised criminal activity far pre-dates this and its manifestations…

As major changes to AML/CTF are being considered and discussed, developments on both sides of the North Atlantic are of particular note, of which the…

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…

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