Episodes

  • The verification game
    May 13 2026

    We 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.

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    26 mins
  • Is Companies House an economic bellwether?
    Apr 15 2026

    One 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!).

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    20 mins
  • Happy birthday OFSI
    Mar 10 2026

    Ten 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.

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    22 mins
  • It's a grey(list) area
    Feb 9 2026

    Today 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?

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    24 mins
  • Crime on the high street - part two
    Jan 9 2026

    In 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.

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    13 mins
  • Crime on the high street - part one
    Dec 29 2025

    In 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.

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    16 mins
  • A fine fanfare - Coinbase and JP Morgan SE
    Dec 8 2025

    We 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.

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    16 mins
  • The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry
    Oct 24 2025

    In 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.

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    29 mins