In this episode we bring you the second part of our deep dive into the criminal prosecution of NatWest through the lens of the Statement of Facts which accompanied the guilty verdict.

This time, amongst other things, we cover smelly banknotes and bin bags full of cash.

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In this episode we bring you part one of a deep dive into the criminal prosecution of NatWest 
through the lens of the Statement of Facts which accompanied the guilty verdict.

No matter where you are in the world, given the ubiquity of AML regulations, this will be relevant to you and your organisation.

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In this episode we want to move away from always being suspicious and look at the other side of the coin. Can we use green flags to help identify suspicious behaviour from a very different angle?

And do we need to be cautious in our use of whitelists?

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In this episode we enthusiastically review the new advanced search function recently launched on the Companies House website. We also make a heartfelt plea for other corporate registers to look and learn from the huge potential gains in proactively managing corporate financial crime risk that it facilitates.

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In this episode we look at how the FCA’s REP-CRIM report can assist firms in assessing the effectiveness of their AML controls through both trend analysis and benchmarking against their peers.  And we explain how  trend analysis such as this can benefit all financial institutions wherever they do business. 

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In this episode we review the need for firms to review, and adjust as necessary, their financial crime control environment. We also talk about some of the triggers which might cause these adjustments and the actions which might follow. 

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In this episode we give our views on the Pandora Papers and some of the broader considerations which might flow from their release.

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Remediation programmes are becoming an all too frequent feature of life for financial crime compliance departments, so we we’ve put together a summary of good practice, do’s and don’ts and other things to consider when embarking on such a course of action.

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Sometimes you just have to go back to basics. And this week it's risk. 

Does low risk equal no risk? Is all risk equal? Should you ever do EDD on a low risk customer?

We answer these questions and many more.

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In this episode we wander away from traditional banking intro the world of informal value transfer systems. Oh, and we look at the price of missile launchers. But you’ll need to listen to understand why!

Link to the TBML paper written by John Zdanowicz

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John-Zdanowicz/publication/46556338_Trade-Based_Money_Laundering_and_Terrorist_Financing/links/02e7e534489c545100000000/Trade-Based-Money-Laundering-and-Terrorist-Financing.pdf?origin=publication_detail

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