# financial crime (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover financial crime. Page: Feed: --- ## [Can the Financial Action Taskforce Turn Standards into Results?](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/can-the-financial-action-taskforce-turn-standards-into-results) _2026-07-24 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ How can the global anti-financial-crime system become more inclusive, proportionate and effective in delivering meaningful results? Few institutions have as much influence over the global response to money laundering and terrorist financing as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). But the value of its standards ultimately depends on whether they produce meaningful change. In this episode of the… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260626_STR_-_Elisa_de_Anda_Madrazo_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Fighting Money Laundering Past,Present & Future with Lisa Arquette,Donna Murphy and Suzanne Williams](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/lisa-arquette-donna-murphy-and-suzanne-williams) _2026-07-20 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran asks former senior banking regulators Lisa Arquette, Donna Murphy and Suzanne Williams to draw on their cumulative decades of insight related to US anti-financial crime regulation. Recently retired, Lisa, Donna and Suzanne discuss their roles in defining Bank Secrecy Act, or BSA, requirements over the past twenty years at the FDIC, Office of the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2364716867-financialcrimematters-lisa-arquette-donna-murphy-and-suzanne-williams.mp3) ## [Can Terrorist Financing Ever Be Stopped?](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/can-terrorist-financing-ever-be-stopped) _2026-07-10 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ Why disruption, intelligence and genuine public–private partnership matter more than promises to eliminate every terrorist dollar. Terrorism may have slipped down the political agenda, but its financing remains a critical national security challenge. Attacks can be inexpensive, but terrorist organisations still require money and resources to recruit, communicate, travel, operate and sustain their… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260609_STR_Jason_Blazakis_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Iran's Long (Financial) Arm in Europe](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/irans-long-financial-arm-in-europe) _2026-06-26 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ How Iran uses proxies, shadow banking and criminal cut-outs to fund external operations and evade sanctions. Iranian-linked plots, surveillance activity and intimidation operations are drawing growing concern across Europe. But behind these activities sits a wider financial and logistical architecture that allows Tehran and its proxies to move money, evade sanctions and support operations abroad.… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260605_STR_Matthew_Levitt_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Utilizing AI to Reach and Free Victims of Violence, with Megs Shah](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/megs-shah) _2026-06-17 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with Megs Shah, the CEO and founder of The Parasol Cooperative, a not-for-profit that has created an AI tool to reach and serve the victims of domestic violence, child sex abuse, and labor trafficking. Drawing on her successful career in AI working with large corporations and her experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse, Megs… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2341298243-financialcrimematters-megs-shah.mp3) ## [Chinese Money Laundering and the 'Flying Money' Threat](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/chinese-money-laundering-and-the-flying-money-threat) _2026-06-12 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ How Chinese money laundering organisations exploit capital controls, criminal cash and informal value transfer systems to move illicit wealth across borders. Chinese money laundering organisations have become a growing concern for law enforcement, policymakers and the private sector. But how do these networks operate, why are they attractive to organised crime groups, and what makes the UK… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260424_STR_Chinese_Money_Laundering_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Is Populism a Business Model?](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/is-populism-a-business-model) _2026-05-29 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ Money, media and influence networks are turning political grievances into engines of power and profit. Populist movements are reshaping politics across Europe and North America. But beyond the rhetoric, rallies and social media campaigns lays a critical question: who is funding this political transformation – and why? Host Tom Keatinge is joined in this latest episode by Liam Byrne MP, author of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260429_STR_Liam_Byrne_Populism_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Digital Money's Anti-Financial Crime Future, with Coinbase's Joseph Salama](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/joseph-salama) _2026-05-28 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Joseph Salama, chief compliance officer at Coinbase, about mitigating financial crime risk associated with digital assets. Joe discusses current regulatory frameworks for crypto currencies, touching on the Stablecoin Act, Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) and some current proposals for oversight, arguing that the industry needs… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2328962891-financialcrimematters-joseph-salama.mp3) ## [Crypto and Sanctions Evasion: Russia's Growing Shadow Economy](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/crypto-and-sanctions-evasion-russias-growing-shadow-economy) _2026-05-15 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ Crypto use is central to Russia's evasion of sanctions aimed at restricting its military procurement. It is past time for action. Over the past four years, sanctions against the financing and resourcing of the Russian military have been a key pillar of the West's response to the Kremlin's illegal war of aggression in Ukraine. But as pressure has mounted on the traditional financial system, a… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260425_STR_Gonzalo_Crypto_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [From Passive to Active: The Revolution at UK Companies House](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/from-passive-to-active-the-revolution-at-uk-companies-house) _2026-05-01 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ The long-derided corporate registry is finally coming into its own as a central player in confronting the UK's role in global illicit finance. When the UK government opened its company register – Companies House – to public scrutiny in 2015, campaigners and journalists cheered. But as everyone dug into the data this revealed, the extent to which the register had become a central tool in global… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260313_STR_Companies_House_V3_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RwyzK3A1ZPbn) _2026-05-01 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [Disrupting Terror Finance, with the Middlebury Institute's Jason Blazakis](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/jason-blazakis) _2026-04-27 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Jason Blazakis about his book, "Terror Disrupted: Countering the Financing of Terrorism." A professor at the Middlebury Institute and a former counterterrorism finance office director at the US State Department, Jason concludes that the current global situation and the "combination of losing \[anti-terrorism\] resources with the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2310318158-financialcrimematters-jason-blazakis.mp3) ## [Oliver Bullough: Why We Get Fighting Financial Crime Wrong](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/oliver-bullough-why-we-get-fighting-financial-crime-wrong) _2026-04-17 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ Laundering money has never been easier, cheaper, or more secure for bad actors, so why do we persist with our current response? In this latest episode, host Tom Keatinge is joined by journalist Oliver Bullough to discuss his latest book, 'Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won', which reveals the seeming futility of the current approach to fighting financial crime. Those who work in… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/STR_260316_STR_Oliver_Bullough_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Latvia's Transformation: From Laundromat to Leader](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/latvias-transformation-from-laundromat-to-leader) _2026-04-02 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ Motivation, coordination and making the right choices has brought a remarkable turnaround in the financial crime fighting fortunes of Latvia. If you are involved in the fight against financial crime in Latvia then 2018, the year of the country's last FATF assessment, is a date that is both infamous and inspiring. That is certainly the case for Toms Platacis and Paulis Iljenkovs, Head and Deputy… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/STR_260306_Latvia_V1_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Figuring Out Why Money Laundering Wins, with Oliver Bullough](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/oliver-bullough-why-money-laundering-wins) _2026-03-20 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Oliver Bullough about his latest book, “Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won.” In their discussion, Oliver details how a well-intentioned anti-money laundering effort launched in the United States in 1970 snowballed to become today’s global compliance industry, which spends $200 billion annually even as money… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2287440842-financialcrimematters-oliver-bullough-why-money-laundering-wins.mp3) ## [Countering Russia's Shadow Fleet and the Limits of Sanctions](https://suspicioustransactionreport.libsyn.com/countering-russias-shadow-fleet-and-the-limits-of-sanctions) _2026-03-20 · STR: Suspicious Transaction Report_ How has Russia managed to keep its oil exports flowing despite sanctions and what can governments do to more effectively disrupt the shadow fleet? As Russia adapts its energy exports to withstand sanctions pressure, a parallel maritime system has emerged to keep oil flowing across global markets. In this episode of the Suspicious Transaction Report, CFS Research Fellow Gonzalo Saiz is joined by… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260306_STR_Gonzalo_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406) ## [Holding Court to Bring Kleptocrats to Account, with Richard Goldstone](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/richard-goldstone) _2026-02-17 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with former South African jurist Richard Goldstone about his current efforts as a board member at Integrity Initiatives International, to help create the International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC). Richard, who served on South Africa’s Constitutional Court and then led several international justice initiatives, discusses the… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2268483074-financialcrimematters-richard-goldstone.mp3) ## [Countering Canada’s Deadly Drug Trade, with Nick Souccar](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/nick-souccar) _2025-12-15 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks live from the ACAMS Assembly Canada with Inspector Nick Souccar, who is Officer in Charge of Federal Policing Criminal Operations, Serious and Organized Crime, and the Canadian Integrated Response to Organized Crime for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Nick and Kieran discuss law enforcement’s efforts to secure Canada’s borders against… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2230145312-financialcrimematters-nick-souccar.mp3) ## [How the Big Banks Look at Stablecoin, Digital Assets and Modernization, with Ned Conway](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/ned-conway) _2025-11-17 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks live from The ACAMS Assembly Las Vegas with Ned Conway, Executive Secretary at the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 12 of the world's largest banks that focuses on managing financial crime and money laundering risks. Ned discusses Wolfsberg's recommendations for banking stablecoin producers, pointing to the group's recent guidance… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2214316355-financialcrimematters-ned-conway.mp3) ## [How Sanctions Became a Way to Wage War and When They Actually Work, with Eddie Fishman.](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/eddie-fishman) _2025-11-03 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with Eddie Fishman, author of “Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War," about the rapid growth in the use of financial sanctions in the 21st Century, with each US president from George W. Bush on imposing sanctions at twice the rate of his predecessor. Drawing on history and his own experience from stints at the US… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2205386091-financialcrimematters-eddie-fishman.mp3) ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JMJUPVAGt8Wz) _2025-11-03 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Embarking on a New Anti-Financial Crime Era, with AUSTRAC's Brendan Thomas](https://soundcloud.com/financialcrimematters/brendan-thomas) _2025-09-29 · Financial Crime Matters_ In this episode of "Financial Crime Matters," Kieran talks with AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas about his agency's efforts to implement a vast extension of Australia's anti-money laundering regime to about 80,000 new entities under legislation commonly referred to as T2. In service to those efforts, Brendan details AUSTRAC's outreach to law firms, accountants, real estate agencies and other designated… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2178543690-financialcrimematters-brendan-thomas.mp3)