In this episode we take a long hard look at the reporting requirements and all the other responsibilities placed on the Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

We look at an example of what can happen when thing go wrong but also the huge variety of challenging but interesting and important jobs the MLRO is responsible for.

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In this episode we reflect on some past episodes, chat about the recent Dark Money Files Live event and announce some exciting news for followers of the podcast.

New ways to bring you Dark Money stories!

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In this first episode of season three we give our listeners an overview of the report to the EU Parliament and Commission looking at recent money laundering cases in Europe and what we can learn from them.

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In this final episode of the Deutsche Bank story we look at the acquisition of Morgan Grenfell and Bankers Trust along with the banks somewhat strange relationship with Donald Trump. We also mention "The Dark Money Files Live" event which is coming soon to a location in London (with others to follow, we hope.

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In this episode we complete our review of Deutsche Bank's inspection by the FCA which led to them being fined £163m (and $425m by the Department of Financial Services - New York). W explain in some detail all of the areas identified for criticism but also highlight some of the good things Deutsche Bank did which don't always get the publicity they deserve.

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In this second part of our in-depth review of the recent travails at Deutsche Bank we talk about the background to the Systematic AML Programme (SAMLP) visit by the FCA, the  LIBOR fine which preceded it (including the £100m fine for DB's breach of Principle 11) as well as describing what exactly a SAMLP entails.

Whilst this is specifically a tool in the UK regulator's toolbox, the outcomes and learning from the visit would apply to any bank throughout the world.

We also mention the EU's latest report into the failings of some banks (including DB) in respect of recent alleged money laundering scandals.

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Given its refusal to stay out of the news, we thought it was about time to turn our attention to Deutsche Bank. In an extended set of episodes we are going to examine in detail exactly what, in our opinion, went wrong and why.

Part one begins by examining the "mirror trade" affair in detail. We will bring to light previously unreported elements and also try and make sense of exactly what was the problem (HINT: It wasn't the mirror trades themselves).

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We report on our involvement in recent leaks relating to Danske Bank and the potential criminal charges that can follow a failure to report. 

External reports commissioned and cancelled, suspicious activity detected but not reported and question marks over the way a whistleblower was treated. This episode has got it all!

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In this episode we start a conversation about FinTech and RegTech (along with a few digressions and diversions along the way). In an abbreviation heavy episode, we talk about face and voice validation, iris scanning and APIs, near field communication (NFC) chips and machine readable zones (MRZ) on passports and mention some of the ethical challenges that artificial intelligence and machine learning might pose. 

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Following on from our last episode looking at Bitcoin and the Blockchain, this week we look at the surface web, deep web and the dark web, explain what these different terms mean and then delve into the TOR network, TOR browser, .onion sites, the Silk Road and "Dread Pirate Roberts"!

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