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Simon Luke

The c-suite confidence crisis: why anti-money laundering needs to be a boardroom issue

When you think of money laundering, you may picture an underworld of hidden criminals doing dark deeds. You may also think of the real world consequences, which can result in the exploitation of vulne...

3 h
Financial Services Regulation
Simon Luke

Hidden value: how to uncover the dark origins behind unusual wealth types

Unusual wealth types provide criminals with an avenue for money laundering. Cryptocurrencies, artwork and luxury goods all have properties which make them the perfect vehicle for hiding the true origi...

07 Aug 2023
Simon Luke

What does the EU UBO register access removal mean for compliance?

The EU UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner) register is a central database that contains information about the beneficial owners of companies and other legal entities within the European Union. It is desig...

09 May 2023
Simon Luke

The ECJ’s new ruling on the beneficial ownership register is bad news for AML

In 2015, the European Parliament passed a directive “on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing”. Under this article, member stat...

11 Jan 2023
Banking Regulations
Simon Luke

Why casinos are still failing to crack down on money laundering and how they can tackle it

Many of us have seen Ozark - where dirty money is directly cleaned through a casino - but just how much of this is based on truth? Historically casinos have been a target for money launderers. They ar...

24 Nov 2022
Business
Simon Luke

Education and dark money: Why independent schools need anti-money laundering

Following the events of the last year, there has been a significant focus on the dirty money that is circulating in the UK. Institutions of all kinds – including prestigious law firms and high profile...

11 Oct 2022
Exposing Financial Crime
Simon Luke

Regulating Russia: why money laundering is the new global epidemic

Superyachts seized, banks sanctioned, and assets frozen. The Ukrainian conflict has shone a light on a problem bubbling under the surface for many years: Russian money laundering. The wealth of Russia...

07 Jun 2022
Law and Finance

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