The Laundry

Oslo is the centre of global attention this week as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was presented, in absentia, to Maria Corina Machado – for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela. Venezuela is currently ranked...

“Uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights” – these are the stated aims of the US Department of Justice. The US is the world’s largest economy, where every decision has ripples in the...

This month, more than 2,700 high street stores across the UK were visited by police – leading to 900 arrests and more than £10 million in criminal proceeds seized. But while the news cameras focussed in on the hauls of...

This week, The Laundry set itself a challenge: head to Hvitvaskingskonferansen 2025 – Norway's biggest AML and CTF conference – and come back with a learning about the state of the industry today. Conferences are more...

You're given two years to make a difference in the global battle against money laundering, financial crime, and corruption. The clock is ticking from the very moment you start the job: so where do you begin? For some...

Seven minutes. Nine pieces of priceless jewellery. A place in heist history. The theft of the Louvre in Paris has made headlines across the world. You may think this is a story about priceless items linked to Napoleon...

For some, we know that the knock on the door from the regulator might be what’s keeping them up at night. But for this episode, let’s flip the perspective. Think about the regulators: they’re the ones building the...

Grenade attacks, kidnappings, young boys coerced into gang crime. This is all currently happening in Norway and it's causing a frenzy in the news. But where there’s organised crime and violence – there is also dark...

Welcome to the first part of The Dark Laundry Files! No one grows up dreaming of being named the Head of AML Sanctions at a tier 1 bank. In fact, many of us in compliance and AML have stumbled our way into the...

We have a financial crime crisis going on. Everyday people are coerced into money muling via flashy social media ads Recruited to transfer "dirty" money through their bank accounts and turning it into seemingly "clean"...

It’s time to turn our world upside down and turn our attention to what's happening in Australia! The Australian government passed new AML and CFT rules that will drastically increase the number of businesses regulated...

When we think about AI solutions, we picture them as disconnected from the systems and tools you're using every day. But for many in banking and compliance, this feels like a misstep. There's a growing belief that true...

We all saw the handshakes – but Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska has yet to see a peace deal signed and an end to the invasion of Ukraine. Now, it’s being reported that the US is considering a new wave of sanctions...

A alarming new report out of Sweden has revealed that a THIRD of their financial institutions have not started exploring artificial intelligence solutions in AML at all! While zero respondents said they have full or...

Are you ready to step into a parallel world? It’s a bizarre world where no money moves – but currency changes hands between criminals, state-backed hackers, and drug cartels. It’s one of the biggest threats in financial...

Young, educated, multi-lingual, tech-savvy, operating across multiple countries. NepoPEPs are the sons, daughters, and other younger relatives of typical oligarchs—a new generation that has become instrumental in moving...

VIBE CODING! The new tools that let users write the back-end code for websites, apps, and online games with AI—without any coding experience. The potential for these tools is huge, and VCs are currently throwing...

As a summer treat, we're bringing you some of the *top performing* episodes of The Laundry to date! The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Authority (AMLA) is the new entity aiming to...

As a summer treat, we're bringing you some of the *top performing* episodes of The Laundry to date! This is a story about the wild rise and crushing fall of the tech giant, Wirecard, that was exposed as a billion dollar...

As a summer treat, we're bringing you some of the *top performing* episodes of The Laundry to date! The EU's Ultimate Beneficial Ownership ruling made headlines all over Europe. It appeared to be a major win for those...

Welcome to The Soapbo x, a summer special from The Laundry. The humble soapbox has been used for free speech and the open sharing of views for over a century! We're channeling that spirit and inviting industry experts...

Welcome to The Soapbo x, a summer special from The Laundry. The humble soapbox has been used for free speech and the open sharing of views for over a century! We're channeling that spirit and inviting industry experts...

Stablecoins are having a moment – with a bill moving through the U.S. system that could bring the tokens into mainstream regulation. These fiat-backed currencies are presented as the more trustworthy version of crypto...

Internal auditors could be the ultimate ‘insider outsider’ in financial services. They are on average 1% of a bank’s staff, and yet they are there to keep the other 99% in check – while balancing new regulations and...

President Trump called tariffs “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” On a self-declared ‘Liberation Day,’ the US unleashed a wave of new blanket tariffs on nations across the globe. Stock markets plunged...