Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Actually, once again it’s been quite a varied week this week with lots of interesting stories, and one very interesting fraud announcement next week, if what’s doing the rounds on the news wires is anything to go by. Anyway, what will we be taking a look at? Well, there are some bits on sanctions – some useful Q&As – and a decent range of money laundering stories, including some quiet time for HSBC with an an...
Sep 04, 2022•22 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Actually, it’s been quite a varied week this week. Not a huge amount of news, but what has come out is interesting. Money laundering takes centre stage with the MERs of The Netherlands and Germany, more from the Insolvency Service going after Covid-19 bounce back loan scammers again. More news on the actions of the Gambling Commission in keeping its house in order, and a couple of dates for your diary if you can’...
Aug 28, 2022•17 min
In this special edition of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast we look at the Policy paper called Exploring organisational experiences of cyber security breaches - An in-depth qualitative study with a range of businesses and organisations which have been affected by cyber security breaches.
Aug 26, 2022•26 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Actually, it’s been quite a varied week this week. Not a huge amount of news, but what has come out is interesting. As I predicted a week or so ago, the Insolvency Services has been after the Covid-19 bounce back loan scammers hard again. More news on the actions of the Gambling Commission in keeping its house in order. Some interesting case law from the Supreme Court on proportionality in confiscation proceeding...
Aug 21, 2022•18 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a quiet week this week, but still the usual mix of sanctions, fraud, money laundering, and another crypto inquiry.
Aug 14, 2022•13 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been an interesting week this week, with the usual mix of sanctions, fraud, money laundering, and a bit of market abuse.
Aug 07, 2022•15 min
In this special edition of the Financial Crime Weekly we take a quick spin around the Register of Overseas Entities which goes live today, Monday 1st August 2022.
Aug 01, 2022•13 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been an interesting week this week, with a good range of financial crime points to get your head around. We’ll look at….. ● A decent range of sanctions news, with some of the most compelling research to date of the impact on the Russian economy. ● More updates on the imminent implementation of the Register of Overseas Entities. ● A few fraud stories. ● Some market abuse news which is a bit of a blast from th...
Jul 31, 2022•23 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a relatively quiet week this week, but what there is has a more than limited range of interesting points, so let’s get cracking. We’ll look at….. ● A bit of sanctions news, including more sanctions from the EU. ● A bit on money laundering, particularly some work from the FATF. ● An interesting couple of fraud stories. ● And, we end with a report on a Supreme Court case on restraint orders....
Jul 24, 2022•18 min
Hello, and welcome to this special edition of the Financial Crime Weekly podcast where we take a look at the recently published Impact Assessment of the Money Laundering Regulations and the response of the Regulatory Policy Committee to that Impact Assessment ....
Jul 22, 2022•14 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another week of interesting, and there’s quite a bit to wade through, so let’s get cracking. We’ll look at….. ● A bit of sanctions news, including more sanctions from the EU. ● A load on money laundering, both in the UK and beyond. ● An interesting couple of pieces on fraud and bribery. ● And, we end with a bit on cyber and ransomware....
Jul 17, 2022•28 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a quiet one this week, so shouldn’t be detained unduly. We’ll look at….. ● Some mopping up sanctions news. ● A few money laundering updates, with news on the Singaporean Presidency of the Financial Action Task Force. ● And a fraud case which highlights everything we were talking about in the FCWP Special Edition on Fraud....
Jul 10, 2022•11 min
This week, the government has published two post-implementation reviews of two sets of regulations: the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (‘the Money Laundering Regulations’) and the Oversight of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Supervision Regulations 2017 (‘the OPBAS Regulations’), together with an additional free-standing review of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 . This special e...
Jul 07, 2022•19 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Some sanctions news this week, with more individuals sanctioned and news of the success of a co-ordinated approach ● An update from Companies House on the secondary legislation supporting the establishment of the Register of Overseas Entities ● A look at the UK Finance Fraud Report for 202...
Jul 03, 2022•19 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Some sanctions news this week, though the news there is becoming a real trickle now ● Quite a lot of money laundering news this week ● And a bit on regulatory enforcement for financial crime deficiencies...
Jun 26, 2022•24 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Some sanctions news this week, though the news there is becoming a real trickle now, but at least one part is of genuine interest in terms of its wider potential to develop the law ● Quite a lot of money laundering news this week, with the FATF being particularly active ● A follow-up on a ...
Jun 19, 2022•19 min
In this week's Financial Crime Weekly Podcast we have a Special Edition to consider the recent proposals for reform made to corporate criminal responsibility. We look at the All-Party Parliamentary Group Economic Crime Manifesto , as well as the Law Commission Options for Reform ....
Jun 16, 2022•23 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more stories relating to actions being taken, together with proposals for further action, across the international community following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● Money Laundering News ● Some interesting possible fraud developments...
Jun 12, 2022•22 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with news from the EU and US ● Fraud news, with a conviction ● Money laundering news from the EU and Jersey
Jun 05, 2022•18 min
In this Special Edition of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast we look at the corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery under section 7, Bribery Act 2010 which has been in the news recently following the Coca-Cola bribery scandal - where Coca Cola was the victim of bribery-induced 'fresh air' contracts - but also more recently with the charges brought against Glencore for alleged bribery in the conduct of its oil business operations. Additionally, the podcast also looks at the role which De...
Jun 02, 2022•20 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a quiet one this week, but let's crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more stories relating to actions being taken, together with proposals for further action, across the international community following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● Moves to combat benefit fraud ● Bribery news, old and new ● Upcoming Speci...
May 29, 2022•17 min
In this special edition of the Financial Crime Weekly we take a look at three recently published documents which overlap on the issues of interest to this podcast in the UK. These are: First, the NCA’s Annual Plan 2022-2023 ; Secondly, the All-party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax ‘Economic Crime Manifesto’ ; and, Thirdly, the UK Parliament Committee on Public Accounts First Report of the 2022-2023 parliamentary session . All have a bearing on current issues of fraud a...
May 25, 2022•23 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more stories relating to actions being taken, together with proposals for further action, across the international community following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● FATF has completed its latest Mutual Evaluation Report on France ● N...
May 22, 2022•18 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more stories relating to actions being taken, together with proposals for further action, across the international community following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● Eurojust Corruption Report and Berlusconi back in the news ● Wolfsbe...
May 15, 2022•23 min
Introduction Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more stories relating to actions being taken, together with proposals for further action, across the international community following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● More fraud activity this week ● Anti-money laundering a...
May 08, 2022•20 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more action being taken globally following the Russian invasion of Ukraine Evidence given to the UK Treasury Select Committee on Effective Sanctions Frauds and Scam Adverts And, an update on the progress of the beneficial ownership registe...
May 01, 2022•29 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been another busy one this week, so best to crack on with our round-up of all things financial crime. We’ll look at….. ● Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more action being taken globally following the Russian invasion of Ukraine ● News this week of a new Data Iron Curtain ● Corruption resolution and investigations in US and Europe ● PRA releases its 2022/2023 Business Plan ● and the FATF ...
Apr 24, 2022•18 min
Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. If I was hoping for a quiet week in the run-up to the Easter holiday in the UK, I think I was being a little naive. It’s been a busy one. This week’s round-up of all things financial crime looks at….. Sanctions, once again, top the list of stories, with more action being taken globally following the Russian invasion of Ukraine News this week of action taken by Microsoft to close down domains associated with cyber...
Apr 17, 2022•34 min
Welcome to the relaunched Financial Crime podcast. In this week's podcast, we look at: ● The Financial Conduct Authority’s Business Plan for 2022/23 and what it says about combating financial crime ● The formation of the new Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate ● The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Report, Occupational Fraud 2022 ● But before that, where else can we start but with sanctions, sanctions, sanctions, at the forefront of political consciousness gl...
Apr 10, 2022•28 min
This Special Edition of the Financial Crime UK Monthly podcast looks at the recent decision of the Supreme Court in R v Hilton [2020] UKSC 29: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0075-judgment.pdf The Court was asked to consider the circumstances in which third parties could make representations where a crown court made a determination of a defendant’s interest at the confiscation stage (s160A, Proceeds of Crime Act (‘PoCA’) 2002). Though an appeal on a provision which relates to Po...
Aug 24, 2020•16 min
