Financial Crime Weekly Podcast

Hello, and welcome to episode 50 – our half century - of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a good week for financial crime news this week, especially if we include some stories which came in at the tail-end of last week. Lots on fraud, money laundering, and a round-up of this week’s cyber-attack news, so let’s make a start. These are the links to the pri...

Hello, and welcome to episode 49 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a decent week this week, with the usual mix of sanctions, bribery, and fraud. We’ll also round-up this week’s cyber-attack news, so let’s make a start. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Council of the European Union, Violence against women and gir...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a very quiet week this week, with a little on sanctions, bribery, and fraud. We’ll also round-up this week’s cyber-attack news (and there isn’t much on that either), so let’s make a start. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Council of Europe, 10th package of sanctions...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a relatively quiet week this week, with a little on sanctions and fraud, as well as a curious money laundering story. We’ll also round-up this week’s cyber-attack news, so let’s make a start. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Alexander Dyck, Adair Morse & Luigi Z...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. A good range of stories this week, with plenty on sanctions, money laundering, fraud, and corruption. Also, there is a round-up of the cyber-attack news making the headlines this week, so let’s make a start. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Cifas, 1 in 12 Brits have lied abou...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. A good deal spinning around the world of financial crime this week. There has been a slight up-tick in activity on sanctions, including enforcement against some of those allegedly aiding sanctioned individuals. There is also some significant fraud news, and the FCA in the UK has been active in taking enforcement ac...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. A good deal spinning around the world of financial crime this week. Some sanctions news, more on corruption from TI, as well as money laundering and fraud. Oh, and cyber, cyber, everywhere, so let’s crack on. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Council of the European Union, Rus...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. The world of financial crime has another busy week, with plenty of sanctions, money laundering, and cyber. Cyber, cyber, everywhere, so let’s crack on. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: European Union, The European Commission asks for the public’s view in the fight against cor...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. The world of financial crime has another busy week, with plenty of sanctions, money laundering, and cyber. Cyber, cyber, everywhere, so let’s crack on. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Council of Europe: Group of States Against Corruption, Bulgaria: Council of Europe anti-cor...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. The world of financial crime gets a bit busier this week as 2023 starts to warm up. A good range of fraud stories, with a lot from the UK National Cyber Security Centre, including some interesting free events to attend. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has also been busy too. Let’s just get on with it. These are...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. The world of financial crime continues to have a gentle movement into 2023. Nevertheless, some interesting stories this week concerning Abramovich, the sanctioned Russian oligarch, some interesting fraud news, especially in light of last week’s story about possible removal of cyber insurance, and we end with a good...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It has, as I would expect, between the Christmas and New Year period, been a quiet period for financial crime stories. Nevertheless, there are a few interesting tit-bits, including a significant comment from the CEO of Zurich, the global insurance company. Let’s crack on with it. These are the links to the principa...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It has, as I would expect in those countries that observe Christmas, been a quiet period in the run-up to the holidays. So, I’ve gone back a week to cover something which I dropped last week, to go alongside the usual mix of money laundering, fraud and sanctions. As usual, the links, where available, to key stories...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It has been a dramatically busy week this week, and there’s me thinking that things might be calming down as we approach the holiday season. This week, the UK financial conduct regulator has been busy issuing fines, a bit of bribery and corruption news has come out, and some useful resources updated and published f...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Money laundering and sanctions top the bill this week, with some regulatory enforcement thrown in, and there are also some consultations opening this week. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast:   European Banking Authority, EBA consults on new Guidelines to tackle de-risking . Fin...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Money laundering and sanctions top the bill this week, with some regulatory enforcement thrown in for good measure. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Council of Europe, Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, Isle of Man: 4th Enhanced Follow-up Report &...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Another busy week this week. It’s mainly fraud and money laundering which dominates the stories this week, but there are some other bits and pieces just to keep it from getting boring. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), CTSI urges s...

This financial crime weekly special edition takes a brief look at the National Audit Office report, Progress Combatting Fraud . Usual weekly podcast is back on Sunday this week.

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Another busy week this week. Sanctions, money laundering, fraud, cyber, and regulatory enforcement. More life-affirming content from the world of financial crime. Let’s make a start. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: City AM, Exclusive: The WhatsApp scandal in banking and its...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Another busy week this week. Sanctions, money laundering, fraud, corruption. The usual life-affirming stuff. I’ll just crack on with it. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Fraudulent com...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. After a fallow week, there has been an uptick in activity again. Lots of reports published this week, more sanctions activity, plenty on the cyber risks to keep all of us focused, but especially compliance people, and Glencore receives its sentence for bribery for its guilty plea in relation to the English prosecut...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. After a bumper couple of weeks, I’m glad to say that things have eased down in the last week. Actually, the timing has been perfect as I have been off-the-scale busy at work. So, the usual mix of sanctions and money laundering, with a couple of minor bits of fraud, cyber, and bribery. Let's get on with it. Thes...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. Now, I thought last week was a bumper week, but it’s got nothing on this week. For the rest of my work, this week could not have come at a worse time, but I waded through it anyway.... So, we’d best get on with it. These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast: Eurojust, Report on Money La...

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I’m your host, Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a bumper week of interesting stories. Lots of different bits and pieces on sanctions, some anti-money laundering enforcement action, and a couple of high-profile reports on fraud and exploitation of LLPs for purposes of economic crime. So, we’d best get on with it. These are the links to the principal doc...

Hello, and welcome to this special edition of the financial crime weekly podcast where we look at the Research Paper on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022-23. The Bill is part of the process which started with the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 which was the Bill hastily passed through Parliament in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Well, thi...