
The Laundry is our podcast connecting AML, compliance, and financial crime to the real world.

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July 17, 2025
18:42
The Soapbox E01: one-day regulator, AI takeover, and industry frustrations
The Soapbox debut: if you were regulator for a day, what would you change?

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July 10, 2025
34:17
E130: What happens when stablecoins go mainstream?
Stablecoins are having a moment. What happens when they go fully mainstream?

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July 10, 2025
34:17
E130: What happens when stablecoins go mainstream?
Stablecoins are having a moment. What happens when they go fully mainstream?

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July 3, 2025
29:50
E129: What keeps internal auditors up at night?
Internal auditors are the ultimate insider outsiders. What keeps them up at night?

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128
June 26, 2025
29:16
E128: Liberation Day strikes back? The impact of tariffs on financial crime
Tariffs and trade wars create new opportunities for financial criminals.

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June 19, 2025
26:45
E127: How oligarchs embedded themselves across Scandinavia
How Russian oligarchs quietly embedded themselves across Scandinavian economies.

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June 12, 2025
25:59
E126: What you can learn about the future of AML from Helsinki
Helsinki is at the forefront of AML innovation. What can the world learn?

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125
June 5, 2025
28:03
E125: How fintech grows up and gets compliant
Fintechs are maturing. How do they transition from scrappy startups to compliant institutions?

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124
May 29, 2025
36:46
E124: Trump lifts sanctions on Syria - now what?
Trump lifts sanctions on Syria. What are the implications for compliance and financial crime?

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May 22, 2025
31:32
E123: What you should know about financial crime in the Netherlands
A deep dive into the financial crime landscape of the Netherlands.

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May 15, 2025
32:12
E122: How do you match innovation with compliance?
Innovation and compliance are often at odds. How do you balance both?

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May 8, 2025
37:53
E121: The Laundry team answers your questions!
The Laundry hosts answer listener questions about AML, compliance, and financial crime.

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April 30, 2025
35:40
E120: How sanctions became a political weapon
Sanctions have evolved from economic tools to political weapons. How did we get here?

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119
April 24, 2025
34:56
E119: What you don't know about defending suspects of financial crime
What it's really like to defend suspects of financial crime. The other side of the story.
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April 16, 2025
34:36
Re-Spin: The dark secret of Norway's salmon farming industry
Norway's salmon industry hides a dark secret. The financial crime connection.

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April 3, 2025
31:48
E117: Everything you need to know about financial crime in France
France: the EU's second largest economy and inventor of 1,000 types of cheese. How does it handle fincrime?

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March 27, 2025
31:16
E116: Why remediation projects are spiking!
Institutions are running at 100mph. Remediation projects are the critical tune-up.

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March 20, 2025
23:36
E115: If everyone in compliance is using AI agents - what is left for humans?
AI agents are everywhere in compliance. What's left for the humans?

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March 19, 2025
37:58
E115: Inside the UK's biggest crackdown on authorised push payment fraud
The UK is cracking down on APP fraud. What does the biggest enforcement action look like?

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March 13, 2025
40:56
E114: Has Trump just legalised bribery and corruption?
Did Trump just legalise bribery? Exploring the implications for anti-corruption enforcement.

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March 6, 2025
32:10
E113: What keeps MLROs up at night?
Money Laundering Reporting Officers carry heavy burdens. What keeps them awake?

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February 27, 2025
31:14
E112: Is combining fraud and AML a fad or the future?
The convergence of fraud and AML teams. Is this a fad or the way forward?

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February 20, 2025
48:20
E111: Will sanctions hit their peak in 2025?
Sanctions are piling up globally. Will 2025 be the peak?

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February 13, 2025
28:22
E110: Why everybody is talking about AI agents!
AI agents are the hottest topic in compliance. Why is everyone talking about them?

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February 5, 2025
30:44
E109: Super-yachts and sanctions: Who owns what?
Super-yachts, shell companies, and sanctions. Who really owns what?

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January 29, 2025
41:50
E108: AMLA's impact on financial crime in the EU
AMLA is here. How will the new EU authority reshape the fight against financial crime?

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January 22, 2025
33:15
E107: 2025 predictions for financial crime prevention
The Laundry team's bold predictions for financial crime prevention in 2025.
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January 15, 2025
55:12
Bonus: The Laundry Live - the one-hour special
A special one-hour live episode of The Laundry. Everything fincrime, unfiltered.

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January 9, 2025
27:17
Re-Spin: How crypto fuels the deadly fentanyl epidemic
Crypto and fentanyl. How digital currency powers the deadly drug epidemic.

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January 2, 2025
39:02
Re-Spin: How the ridiculous UK business register fuels financial crime
The UK's business register is a joke. And it's fuelling financial crime.

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December 26, 2024
38:04
Re-Spin: Revealing the financial crime risks of the football industry
Football's beautiful game has an ugly financial crime problem.

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December 19, 2024
34:36
Re-Spin: How can compliance keep the legal world ethical?
Lawyers and compliance. Can the legal world stay ethical?
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December 12, 2024
43:20
E107: The financial crime stories that mattered in 2024
The biggest financial crime stories of 2024. A year in review.

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December 5, 2024
29:25
E106: Hiding in plain sight: the enablers of financial crime
The enablers of financial crime hide in plain sight. Who are they?

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November 27, 2024
40:24
E105: A European fintech exposed as a billion dollar fraud
A European fintech collapses. The billion dollar fraud nobody saw coming.

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November 20, 2024
41:11
E104: Is the EU's UBO ruling a gift to criminals?
The EU's UBO ruling could be a gift to criminals. Did policymakers get it wrong?

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November 13, 2024
34:36
E103: The dark secret of Norway's salmon farming industry
Norway's salmon industry has a dark financial crime secret.

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November 6, 2024
35:18
E102: Why banks are still failing on sanctions compliance
Despite billions in fines, banks keep failing on sanctions compliance. Why?

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101
October 31, 2024
31:35
E101: Unpacking the new UK Government's fight against financial crime
The new UK Government's approach to fighting financial crime, unpacked.

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October 23, 2024
32:40
E100: Regulation, Sanctions, AI: What can you learn from 100 episodes of The Laundry?
100 episodes! Reflecting on the biggest lessons in regulation, sanctions, and AI.