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In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Oliver Bullough, award-winning reporter for The Guardian, about his latest book, Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals. During their conversation, Bullough details how Britain...

Editor’s note: This article is the second of a two-part series on human trafficking typologies and methodology. The first part of this series, “Human Trafficking: Persona-based Typologies and Methodology,”1 re-emphasized the scale of the human trafficking (HT) problem and the key investigation challenges to tackle,...

The legal and regulatory landscape of the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) sector is in constant flux and necessitates a dedicated function to assess the level of compliance and the effectiveness of obliged entities’ policies, procedures, measures and controls regularly. External independent AML audits are key...
The Nexus Between Terrorism and Human Trafficking

Editor’s note: This article is the first part of a two-part series on human trafficking and terrorist organizations. Human trafficking (HT) constitutes a serious human rights violation and is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises, attracting both small local groups and international networks. In...
Effective Compliance Programs Have One Thing in Common

According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), financial institutions (FIs) should be required to implement programs against money laundering and terrorist financing. The program According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), financial institutions (FIs) should be required to implement programs against money laundering...