The Laundry

MLROs are vital to financial services - a crucial link between companies, the risks they face, and the authorities.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have previously sent a warning to hundreds of companies who had burned through three or more MLROs in just three years. So, what does this tell us about the pressures of this role?

In this episode – originally published in 2024 – Marit Rødevand is joined by Adam Vilaça to discuss: "How do we stop MLRO burnout?"

They discuss: the problems with the MLRO role today, how to stop the ‘revolving door’ situation, and comments from The Laundry community.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

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The Wirecard scandal has become the stuff of legend.

A German payments company, worth tens of billions of euros, collapsed following the exposure of massive accounting fraud and financial misconduct. It sent shockwaves across the financial industry and to the very top of the German government.

But none of it would have been possible without the actions of a whistleblower.

In this episode – originally published in 2024 – Marit Rødevand is joined by Pav Gill, Founder & CEO of Confide, to ask: Did Wirecard's collapse shape the future of whistleblowing?

The pair discuss: Pav's journey from whistleblower to founder, the hidden impact of calling out wrongdoing, and how whistleblowing will look going forward.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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No one said building a regulator from the ground up would be easy.

But when the organisation chair, Bruna Szego, describes it as like ‘flying a plane while building it’ – you have to wonder how things are going on the ground. 

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by Carlo Boffa, EU Correspondent for AML Intelligence, to ask: Is AMLA really on track?

The panel discuss: what AMLA looks like from Frankfurt, whether cracks are starting to show, and what compliance teams should expect by July 2027.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Loïs Dunford

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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The illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-biggest criminal market on the planet — behind only narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking. And like any criminal trade of that scale, there's a hugely sophisticated network behind it, moving billions.

This week's episode was recorded in the media room at the United for Wildlife Business Forum in London, set up by the Royal Foundation.

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Esteban Castaño, CEO and Co-Founder of TRM Labs, and Tricia Raxter, Director of Intelligence & Analysis at United for Wildlife, to ask: can following the money disrupt the illegal wildlife trade?

The panel discuss: how this trade moves through the financial system, how crypto and online marketplaces have supercharged the industry, and what tools can help us fight back.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

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According to Money20/20, the EMEA region accounts for 48% of the world's outbound cross-border payment flows — just under half!

Now put yourself in the position of assessing those billions of transactions, moving at incredible speed, for financial crime risks and suspicious patterns. Sounds like a headache, right?

Our expert host, Robin Lycka, is joined by René Hofer, CRO/CCO & Branch Director Germany at Holvi, to ask: "What keeps payments players up at night?"

The pair discuss: the challenges facing compliance professionals in the payments industry, the solutions that could make a difference, and all the industry drama too.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Loïs Dunford

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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What were you doing at seventeen? If you were getting into trouble, it might've been with your teacher or parents!

How about uncovering money laundering and, in turn, being sanctioned by the Russian government for your discoveries?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Alexander Browder, founder of the Global Cryptocurrency Laundering Database, to ask: "What does it take to get sanctioned by Putin at 17?"

The pair discuss: building the world's first open-source database of crypto laundering, a rouble-backed stablecoin allegedly funding Russia's war, and how you find out you've pissed off Putin.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Loïs Dunford

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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What do you think is keeping anti-financial crime professionals up at night?

According to Nasdaq Verafin's latest Global Financial Crime Report, there's something more pressing than deepfakes or even AMLA.

It's money launderers growing up, graduating, and acting more like Fortune 500 companies than criminals.

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Kamlesh Harry, Principal Strategic Advisor of Fraud Solutions at Nasdaq Verafin, to ask: how do we combat the professionalisation of money laundering?

The pair discuss: what these money laundering networks actually look like, the human cost underneath the corporate language, and how we fight back with collective intelligence, AI, and FRAML.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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Coming to you from Insight Denmark's recent 'Compliance & Legal in the financial sector' conference in Copenhagen!

In the 1984 film Terminator, the T-800 is a threat — a machine sent from the future to destroy us.

By the 1991 sequel, the exact same model has been reprogrammed and is now humanity's last line of defence.

Is this how we should be looking at technology and financial crime? A threat we can reprogramme to work with us — rather than against us?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Louise Buchter, AML Expert, and Cecilie Bøttger, Head of Compliance at Kompasbank, to ask: how do we turn technology against financial crime?

The panel discuss how technology is the biggest threat in compliance, how it can also save us, and what the industry needs to do to embrace the change.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Loïs Dunford

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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What happens when you take a World Cup fixtures wall chart, the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, the UN sanctions list, and a little AI magic? You uncover the financial crime risks hiding inside the world's biggest sporting event.

The World Cup is one week away. While the world celebrates the beautiful game, the allure of football and its riches makes it an irresistible target for money launderers, sanctions evaders, and human traffickers.

Our expert hosts, Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser, sit down to ask: What does the World Cup tell us about financial crime globally? 

The par discuss: what the fixtures tell us about global corruption, to how an event this size stress-tests compliance teams worldwide, and the red flags every practitioner should know. 

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Loïs Dunford

Check out our new short-film Yes, Chef! here.

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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Everybody in this industry knows Graham Barrow and Ray Blake — who have been unpacking the finer details of financial crime prevention on their podcast, The Dark Money Files, since 2019. 

So it was an honour when Marit the first person ever to take up a third chair alongside them, to discuss all things AI in financial crime.

In this special takeover episode: we are handing our podcast feed over to: The Dark Money Files.

The panel discuss: a 20 million dollar Hong Kong deepfake heist, why "just ask ChatGPT to do it" is the worst advice in compliance, and what does AI mean for the future of compliance jobs?

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Editor: Dominic Delargy

Video: Nicholas Thon

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The Laundry 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 — dissecting headline news, unpacking regulatory trends, and examining the real-world consequences of non-compliance.

The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Subscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here.

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