Posted in Financial Crime

Reaching the Unreachable by Helena Wood (RUSI)

Attacking the Assets of Serious and Organised Criminality in the UK in the Absence of a Conviction by Helena Wood – published by RUSI The…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Trade Based Money Laundering – Awareness Video

Extract from the Wolfsberg Group: The Wolfsberg Group, with the support of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Bankers Association for Finance and…

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Posted in Financial Crime Fraud Money Laundering Sanctions

Editor’s Summary – FCN2

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…

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Laundromats
Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Laundromats by Graham Barrow

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,…

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Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

EU & Americas News by Vincent Heintz

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…

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Posted in Financial Crime

Spotlight on FinTech & RegTech by Markus Schulz

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…

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Posted in Sanctions

Sanctions Compliance by Steve Munro

Complying with economic sanctions requires a comprehensive program of controls and oversight capable of addressing the unprecedented pace of change, geopolitical tensions, conflicting governmental policies,…

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Corruption
Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Corruption Perceptions from Africa by Solomon Abiakalam

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…

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Posted in FATF Financial Crime

Modernising the Fight Against Financial Crime – Part 3 – by John Cusack

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…

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Posted in Financial Crime Money Laundering

Book Review – The Sarawak Report by Clare Rewcastle Brown

The Sarawak Report (available here) by eco journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown (CRB) describes her investigations to uncover the 1MDB scandal which has been described as…

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