The Dark Money Files
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151 episodes
Is Companies House an economic bellwether?
One for the geeks! Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies.We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or not (HINT: not!).
Happy birthday OFSI
Ten years after the creation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, we look at how the UK sanctions regime has evolved—from early uncertainty to strict liability enforcement, sanctions list complexity, and the growing expectations...
It's a grey(list) area
Today we tackle some colourful risk lists or, to be a bit more precise, some black and grey ones, along with some strange differentials. Like how come the UK has a high risk third country list when there are no second countries in s...
Crime on the high street - part two
In the second of a two part, end of year podcast, we continue to explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, t...
Crime on the high street - part one
In the first of a two part, end of year episode, we explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, c...
A fine fanfare - Coinbase and JP Morgan SE
We examine two recent final notices issued by two different regulators relating to two quite different enterprises and find a surprising amount of commonality in their thinking.
The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry
In the first of a new, occasional series, in which we sit down and chat to fellow anti-financial crime professionals, we kick off with Marit Rødevand from Strise to talk about AI and other new fangled gizmos.
Policing the corporate landscape - the role of The Insolvency Service
The UK Insolvency Service does a lot more than just oversee insolvencies and, in a recently published five year strategy document, they outlined some ambitious future goals which we thought were well worth a conversation.So we had one!
The highs (and lows) of PEP classifications
The FCA recently published new guidance specifically in relation to UK PEPs which we decided needed a closer look. So we did!
Where there's a will...
In this episode we explain how we supported a major BBC investigation into a Hungarian organised crime group which was systematically forging wills and stealing the assets belonging to the estate from under the noses of the true beneficiaries.
Transparency and trust issues: the secret life of property
In this episode, we chat about a recently published report by Transparency International (see: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/tr...
Trigger warning!
We bring you our latest deep dive into the world of crazy company incorporations and weird worldwide coincidences by way of North London, New Zealand and a much loved British sit-com.
The sharing of suspicion
SARs!Search and rescue services?Subject access requests?Sudden acute respiratory syndrome?No - suspicious activity reports! That's what we are talking about this time. And there's a lot more to them than you might th...
Don't let mules make an ass of your firm
In this episode we look at the FCA's latest thematic review of the National Fraud Database and money mule acco...
We're scamming, we hope you like scamming too...
"...Because every day we pay the price, we’re the living sacrifice"Taking inspiration from Bob Marley (sorry about the pun) we've done a little episode about scams and scammers (and some hints on how to spot them).
Unheard voices - fine outcomes
In this episode we look at some of the links between three recent enforcement actions.We try to avoid the knee jerk reactions, and think a bit deeper about them.
Financial Crime Training - Mind the gap!
We turn our attention to the requirement to train relevant staff on all matters anti-financial crime.And if you're planning on training - your training needs a plan!
The (out)source code
In this episode we turn our attention to the tricky subject of outsourcing. We were going to get someone else to do it for us but we couldn't find a suitable candidate. :)
Hot spots and intelligence 2
Hot spots and intelligence 2In this second episode we look more broadly at the genesis of intelligence led policing, how it works and how compelling it is to draw parallels with our world of anti-financial crime.
Hot spots and intelligence
In this episode we report on a recent visit to the European Crime Analysis conference in Copenhagen and draw parallels between the work of law enforcement and those working in compliance.Links referred to in the episode:
Are corporate entities the Swiss army knife of financial crime?
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.
Organised Crime - two's company but three's an OCG
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:
A proliferation explanation conversation
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:...
It’s payback time! – the new UK regime for mandatory scam reimbursement
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.