Welcome to the first part of The Dark Laundry Files!

No one grows up dreaming of being named the Head of AML Sanctions at a tier 1 bank. 

In fact, many of us in compliance and AML have stumbled our way into the profession – so where does the passion come from? 

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Ray Blake and Graham Barrow, presenters of The Dark Money Files podcast, to ask: how do you find a passion for compliance and regulation?

The panel discuss: their own different pathways into compliance, keeping the fire burning when faced with challenges, and channeling passion into creative solutions in fighting financial crime!

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

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We have a financial crime crisis going on.

Everyday people are coerced into money muling via flashy social media ads Recruited to transfer "dirty" money through their bank accounts and turning it into seemingly "clean" cash by obscuring its origin.

Cases of money muling sky-rocketing globally! But why? And what can the data tell us about this problem?

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by Michael Joseph (MJ), Strategic Product SME at Napier AI to ask: How can data help solve the money mule crisis? 

The pair discuss: the issue today, how money muling connects to the financial crime ecosystem, and what the data can tell us about combatting the issue.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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It’s time to turn our world upside down and turn our attention to what's happening in Australia!

The Australian government passed new AML and CFT rules that will drastically increase the number of businesses regulated by AUSTRAC—the country’s financial intelligence agency.

Lawyers, accountants, and real estate agents, as well as those in precious metals and virtual assets, are now all obliged to report and comply with these new rules.

So will this drastically impact the flow of dark money in the Aussie economy – or just create a paperwork headache?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Adam Vilaça, Director & Special Counsel at Ryva AI, to ask: What happens when 90,000 businesses become AML regulated? 

The pair discuss: how the new rules will impact businesses, the biggest challenges in implementing them, and the impact on the flow of dirty money in Australia.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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When we think about AI solutions, we picture them as disconnected from the systems and tools you're using every day.

But for many in banking and compliance, this feels like a misstep.

There's a growing belief that true innovation shouldn't require you to go searching for it. Instead, it should come directly to where you already are!

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Jeeva Moni, Partner at EY, to ask: Can embedded AI change financial crime prevention forever? 

The pair discuss: what we mean by embedded AI, how embedded AI works in practice in financial crime prevention, and the biggest challenges to making it happen.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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We all saw the handshakes – but Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska has yet to see a peace deal signed and an end to the invasion of Ukraine. 

Now, it’s being reported that the US is considering a new wave of sanctions on Russia’s financial enablers – looking at secondary countries acting as middle men.

Trump also wants to see more action from the EU – demanding trade tariffs on India and China as well as a quicker end to the EU importing Russian energy.

All of this goes to show that cutting one country out of the financial system is NOT. EASY. AT. ALL. 

In the re-spin (originally published in November 2024) our expert host Marit Rødevand is joined by Chloe Cina of RUSI, Jessica Cath of Thistle Initiatives, and Mitch Trehan of Allica Bank.

The panel discuss three provocative statements: "the compliance industry is more focused on box-ticking than truly fighting financial crime", "sanctions are great for headlines - but criminals use them as a roadmap", and "AI hasn't stopped criminals—it’s just made their jobs easier".

Will Trump's new sanctions package bring an end to the war in Ukraine – or are we still just ticking boxes?

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

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A alarming new report out of Sweden has revealed that a THIRD of their financial institutions have not started exploring artificial intelligence solutions in AML at all!

While zero respondents said they have full or advanced AI implementation in place.

But in this age where financial criminals are plugged in to the latest technology, can you really afford not to be?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Daniel Bardun, Senior Manager in Financial Crime Prevention at Advisense, to ask: What is holding Sweden back on AI in AML? 

The pair discuss: the size and scale of shadow banking today, the consequences of this parallel financial system, and what can be done to shut it down.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

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Are you ready to step into a parallel world?

It’s a bizarre world where no money moves – but currency changes hands between criminals, state-backed hackers, and drug cartels.

It’s one of the biggest threats in financial crime today – and yet remains massively under–researched and misunderstood.

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, to reveals: the secrets of shadow banking!

The pair discuss: the size and scale of shadow banking today, the consequences of this parallel financial system, and what can be done to shut it down.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

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Young, educated, multi-lingual, tech-savvy, operating across multiple countries.

NepoPEPs are the sons, daughters, and other younger relatives of typical oligarchs—a new generation that has become instrumental in moving money across borders through crypto and other illicit means.

But make no mistake—stopping this network of young politically exposed persons is no child’s play!

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by Rachel Wolcott, founder and editor of Compliance Corylated, to explore: the rise of the NepoPEPs!

The pair discuss: the new face of Russia's golden youth, the financial crimes these networks are committing, and how the compliance community should react

You can check out Rachel's articles related to this discussion here!

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

____________________________________

The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VIBE CODING!

The new tools that let users write the back-end code for websites, apps, and online games with AI—without any coding experience.

The potential for these tools is huge, and VCs are currently throwing billions of dollars in investment behind them!

But, it wouldn’t be The Laundry if we didn't bring that compliance focus! While there are potential uses for AML specialists, there are also uses for financial criminals, too.

Your expert hosts, Fredrik Riiser and Robin Lycka, are asking: what does vibe coding mean for AML?

The pair discuss: potential risks around fraud, money laundering, and sanctions evasion, how the software can be used for AML, and whether we embrace the vibes...or bin them!

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineer: Nicholas Thon

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a summer treat, we're bringing you some of the *top performing* episodes of The Laundry to date!

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Authority (AMLA) is the new entity aiming to transform AML and CFT supervision in the EU.

AMLA is gearing up to take on the 70% of criminal networks in the EU that use money laundering to fund their activities and conceal their assets.

Will this be the knock-out blow for these criminal gangs?

In this episode – originally published July 2024 – our expert host, Fredrik Riiser, is joined by the European Commission's Chiara Bacchi and Olena Loboiko.

They discuss: new legislation shaking up the EU's response to financial crime, what AMLA will look like, its impact on EU citizens and compliance professionals.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Engineers: Nicholas Thon and European Commission team.

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here

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The Laundry podcast explores the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, sanctions, and global financial regulation.

Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading experts from banking, fintech, regulatory bodies, and investigative journalism.

Tune in as we dissect headline news, unpack regulatory trends, and examine the real-world consequences of non-compliance — all through a uniquely compliance-focused lens.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch at: [email protected]

The views, opinions, and statements expressed by guests of this podcast are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of the podcast hosts, The Laundry team, or Strise.

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