Deutsche Bank's "Glitch" and Lithuania's "Pitch" - a week in AML
In this week's episode we talk about the glitch that was discovered in Deutsche Bank's transaction monitoring system (and a couple of other Deutsche Bank related news stories) as well as Graham's rece...
27 Maj 201920min
Laundromats and Legal Entities - part three: Scottish Limited Partnerships
The one you've all been waiting for! A detailed explanation of SLPs, their history, construction and how they are used to launder money - plus a further explanation of a Scottish Limited Partnership c...
19 Maj 201919min
The good, the bad and the companies - The Global Witness Report
In this special episode we review and comment on the recent Global Witness update to its reports from last year on the effectiveness of the Companies House PSC regime. For more see:Global Witness blo...
12 Maj 201918min
Laundromats and Legal Entities - part two: Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
In an extended episode, we delve into the intricacies of UK LLPs and, using real examples, explain how the rules allow them to be constructed in a such a way as to hide ultimate ownership behind a ser...
6 Maj 201925min
Laundromats and Legal Entities - part one: Limited Companies
We begin our analysis of how legal entities, in locations which have transparent corporate registers can still be used to mask ultimate ownership and control while still providing a veneer of respecta...
28 Apr 201922min
Ali Moulaye: The man, the myth and the method
In this first episode of season 2 we discuss Ali Moulaye, the man whose signature is at the base of Companies House account filings for a multiplicity of LLPs identified as being involved in a wide va...
22 Apr 201921min
Episode 10 - The Whistleblower, the UK and the Russian connections
In a sensational final look at the Danske Bank affair, we analyse the whistleblower report and definitively link it to a UK LLP (along with a few others) a small Russian Bank with Igor Putin (cousin o...
7 Apr 201921min
Episode 9 - Danske Bank: The bond loop and the intermediaries
In 2013 Danske Bank executives started to examine,rather more critically, the lucrative bond sale business in Estonia. We look at the reporting and decision making process at the start of that journey...
31 Mars 201922min
