Episodes

  • Are corporate entities the Swiss army knife of financial crime?
    Jun 4 2024

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    In this episode we explore some of the many different ways in which corporate entities can be used to engage in financial crime – although, as far as we are aware, they aren’t much use in removing stones from horse’s hooves.

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    17 mins
  • Organised Crime - two's company but three's an OCG
    May 25 2024

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    We dive into the details of OCGs and how they use corporate networks to launder their ill-gotten gains - and the clues they leave behind.

    And, rather appropriately, we also introduce the world to our new sponsor: https://riskalert247.com/


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    20 mins
  • A proliferation explanation conversation
    May 7 2024

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    In this episode we turn our attention to the thorny subject of proliferation financing and provide a basic explainer of what it's about and why it's important.

    The documents referred to in the episode can be accessed via the links below:

    FATF Guidance on PF risk assessment | https://bit.ly/4a9FKTM
    UK National Risk Assessment of PF | https://bit.ly/3JP2Lk7
    | RUSI paper on PF in banking | https://bit.ly/4b4JpTU
    | European Commission guidance for EU operators | https://bit.ly/4doVhSr

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    18 mins
  • It’s payback time! – the new UK regime for mandatory scam reimbursement
    Apr 26 2024

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    With a forthcoming new requirement which makes it mandatory for UK payment service providers (PSPs) to reimburse the victims of some types of fraud, we look at the rules and how they are likely to play out.

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    22 mins
  • The democratisation of crime
    Mar 22 2024

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    Taking a slightly different direction from our normal content, we step back and look how the landscape of crime has changed over the years, and how in the process it has become democratised.

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    16 mins
  • Bar Wars - Attack of the Clones
    Feb 11 2024

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    Following the news that nearly 800 restaurants in the UK have been cloned over the last few weeks, we thought we’d bring you the story behind the story.

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    21 mins
  • It's over to EU
    Feb 7 2024

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    It’s over to EU

    After a succession of episodes looking at the UK financial crime landscape, we shift our focus over the channel to Europe and the proposed changes to EU AML legislation.

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    22 mins
  • Are PEPs domestic?
    Jan 15 2024

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    Following some recent banking shenanigans, there’s been a rapidly introduced change in the UK law relating to PEPs.

    We think it needs to be put into a global context.

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    17 mins