E175: How did vape shops become the frontline of money laundering?
Last November in the UK, more than 2,000 vape shops, mini marts and candy stores were raided in a National Crime Agency (NCA) operation – with £11 million in cash seized.But despite the raids, 'hubs o...
24 Sep 32min
E174: Are fincrime professionals paid enough?
We talk a lot about the dark money that makes the criminal world turn — but what about the money paid to the people fighting it?For all the responsibility, the stress, the expertise, and the constant ...
17 Sep 35min
E173: Can we train AI to THINK like a fincrime investigator?
70% of us have already let AI loose on our day-to-day tasks — summarising documents, knocking out images, the usual.Turning it loose on a financial crime investigation is a different question entirely...
10 Sep 24min
E172: Is this the end of beneficial ownership data?
In August 2026, FinCEN made it official: US companies no longer have to disclose who actually owns them.Five years after the Corporate Transparency Act was signed into law as America's "toughest anti-...
3 Sep 26min
E171: How do we put the "human" back into AI processes in fincrime?
You've seen the stories: a big company makes staff redundant, replaces them with a shiny AI feature, then quietly hires them back once it all goes wrong.Why does this keep happening? Swapping human ex...
27 Aug 28min
E170: What does the board need to know about AML?
"AML is a board-level topic." – but is this true in practice?Is this more a provocative challenge than a current statement of fact? Under the EU's incoming AMLR, that may be set to change, but are mos...
6 Aug 34min
Re-Spin: How do we stop MLRO burnout?
MLROs are vital to financial services - a crucial link between companies, the risks they face, and the authorities.The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have previously sent a warning to hundreds of c...
30 Jul 30min
Re-Spin: Did Wirecard's collapse shape the future of whistleblowing?
The Wirecard scandal has become the stuff of legend.A German payments company, worth tens of billions of euros, collapsed following the exposure of massive accounting fraud and financial misconduct. I...
23 Jul 26min
