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STR: Suspicious Transaction Report

Apr 22, 2022

The final episode explores a major global challenge that initially lacked a cohesive policy response and now poses an urgent threat. CFCS’s Alanna Putze is joined by the Atlantic Council’s Julia Friedlander and journalist Edward Lucas to explore the active financial measures that malign actors use to corrode trust...


Apr 14, 2022

The UN first placed North Korea under international sanctions 15 years ago. Yet despite continued provocations and clear evidence of violations, there have been no substantive changes to the sanctions regime for the past five years. Is it time to rethink our sanctions approach to North Korea? CFCS’s Sasha Erskine and...


Apr 8, 2022

What happens when firms get financial crime compliance wrong? Ten years ago, the compliance world was rocked when the US authorities handed HSBC a $1.9 billion fine for “unacceptable failures” in its anti-money laundering procedures. These fines set a lot of activity into motion. But to what effect? Roger McCormick...


Apr 1, 2022

Countering the financing of weapons of mass destruction is an important component of global non-proliferation efforts. While the focus has largely been on North Korea, as well as Iran, countering proliferation financing (CPF) is likely to apply to other actors in the future. Are the measures put in place...


Mar 25, 2022

It’s hard to keep up with the pace of change in environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy. With a number of game-changing developments in the past year alone, there’s no doubt that ESG is at the forefront of the agenda, for both corporates and the financial sector. RUSI’s Alexandria Reid dives into this...