Episode 8: The Honey Trap: A Tale of Scandi-Banking Noir
This episode explores the astonishing case of one of the world’s biggest money-laundering schemes via the well-known Swedish Bank, Swedbank.
Host Tom Keatinge, CFS Director, and investigative reporter Axel Gordh Humlesjö examine the Swedbank story, what led to the investigation and how, even if banks have robust compliance systems that safeguard them against criminal misuse, they remain vulnerable to those with malign intent.
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Suspicious Transaction Report
This podcast explores the financial dimensions of today’s leading transnational security challenges. Host Tom Keatinge and the team from the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI bring you unique insights on the challenges posed by illicit finance and practical analysis of the policy responses. They interview top thinkers and influential voices who unpack the complex world of money laundering, corruption, sanctions evasion and illicit flows, and explain how this shapes the evolving global security landscape, and what democracies and international institutions must do to stay ahead when it comes to the financial dimensions of the global threat outlook.
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Tom Keatinge
Director, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
