Financial Crime Weekly Podcast

Hello, and welcome to episode 97 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. The sanctions news is focused on a series of updates from the UK, and the opening of an inquiry into the operation of the UK sanctions regime as it relates to Russia. On money laundering news, there’s a little spinning around the FATF, together with some act...

Hello, and welcome to episode 96 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime, which is not unexpected in the week of the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. So, there is a range of new and amended sanctions news. On money laundering new, the EU has churned out a new Delegated Regulation, and a major UK bank announces that t...

Hello, and welcome to episode 95 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. There is the usual range of sanctions updates and additions, together with blog posts on imminent updates to guidance and operations. On money laundering, there is some important movement from the EU on a new regulation and directive, and in the UK, the Home...

Hello, and welcome to episode 94 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. A range of stories across the whole of financial crime, with sanctions, money laundering, bribery, and cyber-attack news. In sanctions, there is some heavy focus on oil and Iran. In money laundering, a new economic crime agency in the UK focussed on money la...

Hello, and welcome to episode 93 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. A range of stories across the whole of financial crime, with sanctions, fraud, and money laundering all vying for top spot. Also this week, Transparency International has published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. We’ll also review this week’s cyber-...

Hello, and welcome to episode 92 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It is yet another busy week for financial crime. There is news of co-ordinated action against a Russian cyber-criminal by the Australian, US, and UK authorities. On money laundering, there has been a range of updates to the law in the UK, and we end this week with a range of cyber-attack news stories. Lots...

Hello, and welcome to episode 91 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. A busy week for all principal aeras of financial crime. The institutions of the European Union have issued updated guidelines and reached agreement on new laws respecting anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. From the US, more Covid-19 fraud and convictions for insider dealing re...

Hello, and welcome to episode 90 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, which is the first of 2024, I’m Chris Kirkbride. A nice easy start to the year for this one. Too much unhealthy speculation, so let’s just stick to the facts. Presumably the year will start to warm up from next week.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Council of t...

Hello, and welcome to episode 89 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It’s yet another busy week of financial crime news, so I’m just going to get on with it.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   AUSTRAC, Top tips for completing your 2023 compliance report . Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Court Ente...

Hello, and welcome to episode 88 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It’s yet another busy week of financial crime news, so I’m just going to get on with it.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Baker & McKenzie, UK government announces creation of specialist enforcement unit for trade sanctions . Council of...

Hello, and welcome to episode 87 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Now, I thought previous weeks had been busy and that things would ease down as we got deeper into December, but it is almost as if things are sent deliberately to try us, for this has been a massive week for financial crime. Get set for the longest episode ever, with all aspects of financial crime pumping...

Hello, and welcome to episode 86 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been another bumper week for financial crime news again this week. It’s becoming a little silly now. Stories across every aspect of financial crime, so let’s crack on.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Ankura Consulting Group LLC, UK:...

Hello, and welcome to episode 85 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been another bumper week for financial crime news again this week – a hat-trick of bumper weeks. Stories across every aspect of financial crime, so let’s crack on. As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Australian government, 2023-2030 Austra...

Hello, and welcome to episode 84 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been a bumper week for financial crime news again this week. Stories across every aspect of financial crime, so let’s crack on. As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Basel Committee publishes discussio...

Hello, and welcome to episode 83 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been a bumper week for financial crime news again this week, with fraud and bribery and anti-corruption leading the way, but there are also stories concerning market abuse, sanctions, as well as the usual round-up of cyber-attack news, so let’s crack on.   As usual, I have linked the main stories fl...

Hello, and welcome to episode 82 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been a bumper week for financial crime news again this week, with all areas competing to outperform one another in terms of producing the most volume of material. I think we should just crack on. Sooner we get started, the sooner we can all got on with our lives.   As usual, I have linked the main s...

Hello, and welcome to episode 81 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It has been a bumper week for financial crime news this week, with all areas competing to outperform one another in terms of producing the most volume of material. Leading the way in a fairly packed field are fraud and sanctions stories, but there is also a good deal of money laundering news, as well as a...

Hello, and welcome to episode 80 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Sanctions and money laundering news take our focus this week, because there is not a lot of noise from the other typical areas of financial crime. Yes, there is a little on bribery and corruption, but even cyber-attack news is quiet this week. Still, that’s not stopped us before, and it is not about to sto...

Hello, and welcome to episode 79 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Sanctions and fraud news take our focus this week, but the other areas of financial crime keep those areas ticking along nicely. We also take a look at this week’s cyber-attack news.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Criminal Cases Review Com...

Hello, and welcome to episode 78 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. There is a good range of news across all the usual sectors this week, with money laundering and cyber-attack news at the head of queue.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Bar Council, Response to HM Treasury Consultation on reform of the AML a...

Hello, and welcome to episode 77 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Sanctions have taken a back seat this week, but plenty on fraud and money laundering to take up the slack. There’ll also be a round-up of the mass of cyber-attack news this week.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Criminal Cases Review Commiss...

Hello, and welcome to episode 76 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Broad range of stories from across financial crime themes this week, as well as a round-up of cyber-attack news.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Nationwide Cyber Crisis Management Exercise to Test 11 Crit...

Hello, and welcome to episode 75 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. Sanctions and fraud dominate the limited financial crime news this week. A few reports to keep avid readers busy, and a round-up of cyber-attack news.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Council of the European Union, Russia's war of aggres...

Hello, and welcome to episode 74 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. After my first break from the podcast in almost a year-and-a-half, and the successful negotiation of mountains with the family, I get back to an enormous pile of financial crime news. Guys, summer is well and truly over. The wealth of the news comes from sanctions and money laundering, but the failure to p...

Hello, and welcome to episode 73 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I’m Chris Kirkbride. It’s been a quiet week this week on the financial crime front. The bulk of this week’s news comes from sanctions and bribery and corruption. Of course, I’ll also round up this week’s cyber-attack news.   As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are:   Govern...