Podcast
The Dark Money Files
Hosted by Graham Barrow and Ray Blake · EN
A series of podcasts which explain to a non-technical audience how "Dark Money" (e.g. money laundering, corruption, bribery, tax evasion) enters the financial system and infects everything it touches.
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The verification game
3w ago00:26:12Tap to summarizeWe look at the role of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs) in the new regime at Companies House and explain why understanding both its strengths and weaknesses is important to anyone responsible for onboarding or monitoring UK companies, wherever in the world you work.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →Is Companies House an economic bellwether?
Apr 1500:19:37Tap to summarizeOne for the geeks! Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies.We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or not (HINT: not!).Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →Happy birthday OFSI
Mar 1000:21:44Tap to summarizeTen years after the creation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, we look at how the UK sanctions regime has evolved—from early uncertainty to strict liability enforcement, sanctions list complexity, and the growing expectations on the private sector. Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →It's a grey(list) area
Feb 900:24:15Tap to summarizeToday we tackle some colourful risk lists or, to be a bit more precise, some black and grey ones, along with some strange differentials. Like how come the UK has a high risk third country list when there are no second countries in sight?Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →Crime on the high street - part two
Jan 900:13:15Tap to summarizeIn the second of a two part, end of year podcast, we continue to explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, corruption and money laundering.In this episode, undercover filming unearths a shocking story and we explain our part in finding some of the protagonists involved.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →Crime on the high street - part one
Dec 2900:16:25Tap to summarizeIn the first of a two part, end of year episode, we explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, corruption and money laundering.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →A fine fanfare - Coinbase and JP Morgan SE
Dec 800:16:03Tap to summarizeWe examine two recent final notices issued by two different regulators relating to two quite different enterprises and find a surprising amount of commonality in their thinking.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry
Oct 2400:29:05Tap to summarizeIn the first of a new, occasional series, in which we sit down and chat to fellow anti-financial crime professionals, we kick off with Marit Rødevand from Strise to talk about AI and other new fangled gizmos.Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →Policing the corporate landscape - the role of The Insolvency Service
Oct 900:21:09Tap to summarizeThe UK Insolvency Service does a lot more than just oversee insolvencies and, in a recently published five year strategy document, they outlined some ambitious future goals which we thought were well worth a conversation.So we had one!Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
Transcribe →The highs (and lows) of PEP classifications
Aug 1300:19:50Tap to summarizeThe FCA recently published new guidance specifically in relation to UK PEPs which we decided needed a closer look. So we did!Send us Fan MailSupport the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/
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