Criminals employ a range of techniques to clean their “dirty money”. Professionals working in the accountancy, legal and property sectors are being targeted  because of their expert skills and services (National Risk Assessment 2017), which can give a cloak of legitimacy to illicit cash. This gives professionals a crucial role to play in protecting the […]

Over £50,000 held in a Jersey account by the convicted mastermind of an “elaborate” international fraud, involving stealing the assets and identities of more than 250 people, has been seized. The confiscation was made possible thanks to the efforts of Jersey’s Attorney General and Law Officer’s Department working in tandem with international authorities to enforce […]

Prime Minister David Cameron said the U.K. plans to make financial services companies liable for their employees’ complicity in money laundering and fraud, in an extension of proposed laws against tax evasion. Announced to coincide with an anti-corruption summit in London on Thursday, Cameron said the developed world must “get its house in order” and […]