STR: Suspicious Transaction Report

Isabella Chase and Tom Keatinge, two of your hosts for this season, discuss the thinking behind the 'Policy into Practice' concept and give listeners a glimpse of what's in store – from the array of guests, topics and ideas that will be covered in the episodes.

2020 – never a dull moment in financial crime! In this special end-of-year episode, CFCS's Isabella Chase and RUSI colleagues Kayla Izenman, Emil Dall and Anton Moiseienko unpack the financial crime scandals and surprises of 2020 and give their predictions for the year ahead.

RUSI's Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) is launching a new podcast, Financial Crime Insights.

It's based on past CFCS events with top thinkers on topics that remain relevant in the world of financial crime.

In the trailer episode, Alanna Putze talks to STR hosts Isabella Chase and Tom Keatinge about the thinking behind this new podcast and what listeners can expect – plus as sneak peek at STR Season 3.

Tom Keatinge returns as host for our final episode. He's joined by journalist and author Oliver Bullough to discuss a possibly surprise destination that poses a high risk to those that are seeking to protect themselves from financial crime.

In this episode, host Kayla Izenman is joined by Jesse Spiro of Chainalysis to get a reality check on the riskiness of cryptocurrency and explore its potential to upend the financial system for the better.

In this episode, host Stephen Reimer unpacks the UAE's latest FATF mutual evaluation report with Ibtissem Lassoued, Partner and Head of Advisory, Financial Crime at Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai. She reveals the on-ground realities of the AML system so strongly critiqued by the global watchdog.

In this episode, host Anton Moiseienko is joined by journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs to dive into the workings of money mule networks. Are they innocent enablers or knowing accomplices? And how do you recognise a mule when you see one? 

In this week's episode of High Risk Thinking, host Emil Dall is joined by the team behind EuropeanSanctions.com, Maya Lester, QC of Brick Court Chambers and Michael O’Kane of Peters & Peters to discuss the high risks associated with sanctions - from the point of view of the designated individual.

LLPs, SLPs, UBOs… In this episode, host Tom Keatinge is joined by Graham Barrow of the ‘Dark Money Files’ to examine why these acronyms always pop up in financial crime scandals, often with the UK at the center of them.