E77: How a naive compliance culture opened the doors for money-laundering

You may have seen the Netflix documentaries, TikTok sagas, or long-read articles about charming con artists using elaborate stories to extract life savings from their victims – using affection to mask their true aims. But this isn't just the subject of true crime stories; this is real life and it's happening right now. The UK's National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has revealed they received more than 8,000 reports of romance fraud in the last full financial year. That nearly 30 new victims coming forward per day - with many more feeling too embarrassed or ashamed to do so. In the latest episode of The Laundry – our expert host, Marit Rødevand , is joined by Anna Rowe , Co-Founder of LoveSaid , and Simon Miller , Director of Policy and Communications at Stop Scams UK . The panel discuss: the