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Organised Crime vs. Disorganised Compliance

An estimate by the International Monetary Fund places the aggregate size of money laundering in the world at between two and five percent of global GDP. While the illicit nature of money laundering means no precise statistics are available, it is fair to say that bad actors have traditionally had…

COVID-19: Opportunity for Some, Financial Crime Risk for Others

The world has officially declared war on coronavirus (COVID-19). In this blog, I will draw information from a variety of sources and look at ways that opportunistic criminals have attempted to exploit the pandemic as well as some of the wider impacts and regulatory response – adding my own thoughts…