SEASON 3 · EPISODE 6 · 16:06
Swedbank shines a light but FATF prefers privacy
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 28 October 2019
Episode notes
This week we look at two separate issues (but there are similarities).
First up, Swedbank published its 3rd quarter results this week and included an update on their ongoing investigations into the alleged use of their bank as part of a money laundering operation in the Baltics.
Secondly, we revisit the recent FATF plenary in Paris and put forward our own proposals for how we think the Mutual Evaluation Report process could be improved.
Both demand to be looked at as much in the round as they do in detail.
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