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 Global dynamics are shifting rapidly.  The decline of the rules-based international order is weakening institutions like the UN and ICC, as nationalism gains ground. Traditional Western alliances are fracturing, giving way to unstable new power blocs. US tariff policy is redefining global trade, while emerging technologies are advancing at pace - bringing innovation but also uncertainty about lon...

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler speaks with Paul Eccleson, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, about the human traits that can lead to poor decision-making. From our tendency toward mental shortcuts and susceptibility to groupthink, to the influence of echo chambers and our reluctance to admit when we're wrong, the discussion will explore how these cognitive...

The UK Post Office Horizon Inquiry published its long-awaited report last week. A series of significant weaknesses are identified in the UK Post Office response to allegations of fraud. Also in the UK news this week is a report that the UK government is exploring options to curtail the automatic right to trial by jury when complex fraud is involved.  The challenges involved in responding to fraud...

In the next episode of ICA inCONVERSATION, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler will talk to Jonathan Bowdler, Global Lead, Postgraduate Qualifications, ICA, about principles of good governance. Our approach is often anchored in regulatory and legal requirements, but less formal good practice can be just as important. This is an opportunity to explore how this has evolved and the practicalities of impleme...

The global flow of criminal goods and assets continues to grow, presenting threat but also opportunity to those authorities charged with protecting our borders and wealth. In this event, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler will speak to Kevin Newe, an Assistant Director at HMRC, the UK's Customs authority, about the international nature of crime with particular focus on money laundering and fraud. 

The art market is often seen as opaque, esoteric and under-regulated. The playground of the rich and, increasingly, criminal communities. FATF and the UNODC have linked art to financial crime, and particularly to money laundering and terrorist financing. But what is really going on behind the scenes in the galleries, auctioneers and dealers? In this episode, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler talks to A...

In this episode, Roz Dixon-Burnett FICA, Global Lead and Course Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance at ICA, speaks with Sharon Oded, Professor of Corporate Compliance & Enforcement at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Head of Investigations at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP in Amsterdam. The conversation explores recent developments in whistleblowing policies across the EU, UK, and US, and...

In the final episode of the series, Tim Tyler will draw out key messages from the conversations with Valerie Nielsen, Andrea Bonime-Blanc, and Gaon Hart, weaving them together into a model that captures the evolving nature of compliance as a profession.   This is a departure from the normal format, offering greater opportunity to respond to questions and observations from the compliance community....

In this episode, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler talks to Gaon Hart, Managing Director of Legal Advisory Worldwide, and Interim Chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, continuing the theme of Compliance as an Enabler. This discussion will focus on three practical examples of how effective compliance can enable not only good, but profitable business activity. This includes accessing new markets; ins...

 ICA has, for the first time, published details of our approach to training delivery. This helpful, high-level guide offers simple, practical insight that will be of value to anyone involved in commissioning, developing or delivering training solutions. In this inCONVERSATION episode, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler, author of the guidance, will talk to Heather Wurster about the content, the key less...

"By far the greatest danger of artificial intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it." This quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky highlights a serious challenge as businesses rush to introduce significant and disruptive AI solutions.  Does the compliance function have a role in supporting business acquisition of new technologies? How can we enable effective adoption whil...

Human trafficking causes profound suffering, violates human rights, drives organised crime, and undermines communities across the world. As compliance and anti-financial crime professionals, we have a unique opportunity to do something about this, whether by preventing the profits moving through our organisations, ensuring the integrity of our supply chain or raising awareness of how traffickers o...

In the context of escalating costs and fierce economic headwinds, the compliance profession is besieged. Senior politicians have common cause with business leaders in looking to reduce the regulatory burden to, in their minds, free up enterprise and reduce costs. US President Trump's action to pause the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is the latest example of this untested agenda, but by no mea...

Fraud presents a constant, pervasive threat that continues to mutate and evolve. New forms include the fraud-as-a-service model; the use of AI; synthetic identity and polymorphic approaches. In this conversation Tim speaks to Matthew Field,  Head of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel about the nature of this threat, how it impacts on business worldwide, and how governments are responding to it.

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION LIVE, Tim Tyler talks to Rosalind Dixon-Burnett, ICA's Global Lead for Governance Risk & Compliance about the impact current geopolitical, regulatory and technological developments will have on compliance over the next 12 months.  US regulatory policy; an increasing EU regulatory burden; market and consumer protection; online safety; multi-polar sanct...

Recovering the proceeds of crime disrupts the criminal business cycle, removes negative role models and reduces the incentive to commit serious crime. It is, however, challenging and time consuming. Criminal assets recovery levels are low, representing a tiny fraction of the overall criminal economy. In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION, ICA Vice President Tim Tyler talks to Tristram Hicks, the a...

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is vital in today’s interconnected world for gathering actionable insights from publicly available data. In the compliance world, it can assist in a variety of fields, from enhanced customer due diligence to fraud detection and even preventing possible sanctions evasion. In this episode, Tim Tyler talks to Ben Jones, Customer Due Diligence Tutor at ICA, about how b...

With ever-expanding regulations, constantly changing and emerging risks, the lightning speed of technological advances, shifting of societal expectations, and the ongoing growth and evolution of global economics and international relationships, the work of GRC professionals continues to expand, becoming ever more complex. While many are still waiting for a return to "business as usual" a...

Regulators across the world are increasingly focused on the quality of the data upon which our businesses are built. In addition to data security we have an obligation to ensure our data quality . This presents a challenge to compliance professionals, but also an opportunity. Effective control and reporting of information underpins good governance, strategic and tactical planning. In this episode...

Geopolitical events can be characterised as, at best, uncertain, ambiguous, and complex. In this dizzying mix, sanctions are often the first salvos fired between competing powers and superpowers. Trade has been weaponised, and business is on the front line. How can we best conduct ourselves in this context and what can we expect over the coming years? Join Nicholas and Tim as they work through the...

In this episode of ICA inCONVERSATION Live, Tim Tyler talks to Gaon Hart, Managing Director of Legal Advisory Worldwide and a Non-Executive Director for the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, about key developments in counter-fraud, including the new failure to prevent fraud offence and recent developments in authorised payment fraud. 

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance is gathering pace. With its promise to make operations more efficient, increase visibility and free up time and resource by eliminating manual work, AI technology has been on regulated firms’ minds for some time now.  In this month's LinkedIn Live, ICA Vice President, Tim Tyler, will be joined by Georg Goesswein, Founder and Managi...

Tim Tyler and Wayne Haynes, both of whom are hugely experienced in the investigation of complex fraud, will discuss the key lessons from the Horizon Enquiry. All those of us involved in the investigation of financial crime have a shared obligation to ensure the mistakes are not repeated. With this in mind, the four key elements of successful investigations will be unpacked together with examples f...

This month's ICA LinkedIn Live is unusual. Our VP, Tim Tyler, will be speaking to Jonathan Gilbert about the psychology, behaviour and activity of a fraudster, and how we best respond to this challenge.  Jonathan Gilbert was convicted for a series of fraud offences, committed while he was serving the community as a solicitor. He served time in prison but since then has researched fraud to Mas...

Listen to this conversation between Tim Tyler, Vice President, ICA, and Maria Milagros Santamaria, Legal and Web3 Consultant, about the legal and regulatory challenges that crypto assets and wider blockchain enabled services give rise to. Maria brings a depth of experience navigating through this complex and changing environment as a lawyer who has specialised in these areas.