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SEASON 1 · EPISODE 3 · 28:08

Episode 3 - The Billion Dollar Shuffle

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If you really want to understand why this was such a noteworthy failure of financial crime controls, this is the episode you really must listen to.

We take the audience through the many different elements that constitute "suspicious activity" and then explain those elements that are observed within the bank statements from Danske.

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