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“Strings Attached” – A Jim Simons Financial Crime Thriller by John Cusack

Book 6 in the Jim Simons Series of Financial Crime Thrillers is now available – “Strings Attached“. When a Latvian anti-money laundering officer sends a…

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“Rhino Gold” – A Jim Simons Financial Crime Thriller by John Cusack

Book 5 in the Jim Simons Series – “Rhino Gold” is now available, A dead rhino. Dirty gold. A financial system where the truth is…

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“Crises” – A Jim Simons Financial Crime Thriller by John Cusack

Book 4 in the Jim Simons Series is now out and available. The world’s financial system is collapsing. Wall Street is in free-fall. Governments are…

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From Potentates to PEP’s – A 50 year Journey

It is 25 years since the term “Politically Exposed Persons” was first used publicly, and it came from the Chairman of the Swiss Banking Regulator…

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Payback – A Jim Simons Thriller by John Cusack

This is Book 1 in the Jim Simons Thriller series of novels  by John Cusack, but is the second book published set in 1991. It…

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Effectiveness and the Fight Against Financial Crime

At the ACAMS Effectiveness webinar held on 16th July, 2025, this topic was discussed from different perspectives in the fight against financial crime including money…

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Latvia Financial Crime Summary & Dashboard by FCN – 2025

1. Introduction Today Financial Crime News is publishing a Financial Crime Dashboard (see Annex 1) for Latvia and a summary of the progress made, a…

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Financial Crime Dashboard for Singapore by FCN

Today Financial Crime News is publishing an updated Financial Crime Dashboard on Singapore after spending a few weeks meeting many financial crime leaders in the…

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EU/EEA Payment Fraud – The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Two Reports have been published recently on Payment Fraud across the EU/EEA with data for 29 countries from the ECB & EBA. They provide key…

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Jersey Financial Crime Country Dashboard and FATF/Moneyval Assessment

Today, the island of Jersey, A UK Crown dependency, together with FATF’s Moneyval published the AML/CTF Country Assessment for the Country. The report running to 350 plus…

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