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The Laundry
The Laundry is a podcast about financial crime and what it does in the real world.
Each episode looks at AML (anti-money laundering), sanctions, compliance and global financial regulation through the stories making the news.
Hosts Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka talk with people from banking, fintech, regtech, compliance and investigative journalism. They read the headlines the way a compliance team would and follow money laundering and terrorist financing through to the people…
Episodes
The LaundryE181: INTERPOL’s advice is “laughable”?! How deepfakes are used in money laundering
INTERPOL has just launched a public campaign warning that “AI is erasing the tell-tale signs of a scam.” Deepfakes now turn up at both ends of a laundering…
The LaundryE180: Is football ready for the AML rulebook?
In 2018, emails leaked by a Portuguese hacker began exposing the inner workings of Europe’s biggest football clubs. Manchester City was one of them. The…
The LaundryE179: Who is buying flowers at midnight? A money laundering walking tour
What’s the key skill in fighting financial crime? Most people would say a head for data, spreadsheets and analytics. But maybe it’s walking past a florist…
The LaundryE178: Are criminals better at collaborating than we are?
Recorded on stage at the International Anti-Financial Crime Summit in London. Are criminals better at collaborating than we are? If there’s one thing this…
The LaundryE177: How dangerous is crypto's hold on politics?
Donald Trump in 2025: "I'm a big crypto fan. I've been that from the beginning." Donald Trump in 2019: "I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies…
The LaundryE176: Are Pokémon Cards fincrime’s hottest new toy?
$190,000 of trading cards stolen in Tokyo with a hammer. One card sold at auction for $16.5 million. Somewhere between those two facts is the reason a…
The LaundryE175: How did vape shops become the frontline of money laundering?
Last November in the UK, more than 2,000 vape shops, mini marts and candy stores were raided in a National Crime Agency (NCA) operation – with £11 million in…
The LaundryE174: Are fincrime professionals paid enough?
We talk a lot about the dark money that makes the criminal world turn — but what about the money paid to the people fighting it? For all the responsibility…
The LaundryE173: Can we train AI to THINK like a fincrime investigator?
70% of us have already let AI loose on our day-to-day tasks — summarising documents, knocking out images, the usual. Turning it loose on a financial crime…
The LaundryE172: Is this the end of beneficial ownership data?
In August 2026, FinCEN made it official: US companies no longer have to disclose who actually owns them. Five years after the Corporate Transparency Act was…
The LaundryE171: How do we put the "human" back into AI processes in fincrime?
You've seen the stories: a big company makes staff redundant, replaces them with a shiny AI feature, then quietly hires them back once it all goes wrong. Why…
The LaundryE170: What does the board need to know about AML?
"AML is a board-level topic." – but is this true in practice? Is this more a provocative challenge than a current statement of fact? Under the EU's incoming…
The LaundryRe-Spin: How do we stop MLRO burnout?
MLROs are vital to financial services - a crucial link between companies, the risks they face, and the authorities. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have…
The LaundryRe-Spin: Did Wirecard's collapse shape the future of whistleblowing?
The Wirecard scandal has become the stuff of legend. A German payments company, worth tens of billions of euros, collapsed following the exposure of massive…
The LaundryE169: Is AMLA *really* on track?
No one said building a regulator from the ground up would be easy. But when the organisation chair, Bruna Szego, describes it as like ‘flying a plane while…
The LaundryE168: Can following the money disrupt the illegal wildlife trade?
The illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-biggest criminal market on the planet — behind only narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking. And like any…
The LaundryE167: What keeps payments players up at night?
According to Money20/20, the EMEA region accounts for 48% of the world's outbound cross-border payment flows — just under half! Now put yourself in the…
The LaundryE166: What does it take to get sanctioned by Putin at 17?
What were you doing at seventeen? If you were getting into trouble, it might've been with your teacher or parents! How about uncovering money laundering and…
The LaundryE165: How do we combat the professionalisation of money laundering?
What do you think is keeping anti-financial crime professionals up at night? According to Nasdaq Verafin's latest Global Financial Crime Report, there's…
The LaundryE164: How do we turn technology against financial crime?
Coming to you from Insight Denmark's recent 'Compliance & Legal in the financial sector' conference in Copenhagen! In the 1984 film Terminator, the T-800 is a…
The LaundryE163: Is the 2026 World Cup the financial crime event of the year?
What happens when you take a World Cup fixtures wall chart, the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, the UN sanctions list, and a little AI…
The LaundryTakeover: The Dark Money Files meets The Laundry
Everybody in this industry knows Graham Barrow and Ray Blake — who have been unpacking the finer details of financial crime prevention on their podcast, The…
The LaundryRe-Spin: What the 1MDB scandal tells us about how the world really works
The 1MDB scandal may be the AML industry’s ultimate whack-a-mole – popping back up again and again. A Malaysian government fund set up to boost the country’s…
The LaundryE162: Is the gambling/gaming industry set for an AML wake-up call?
Spin the wheel, roll the dice, play your hand — the world of online gaming is all about calculated risk and reward. Now it's the operators' turn to think about…
The LaundryE161: Are public-private partnerships the key to financial crime prevention?
An effective partnership between a public and private organisation is like forming a band. But as long as these partnerships have been going on, there's been…
The LaundryE160: CFO, CEO, CCO – who owns AI in compliance?
We get it – you’re the CEO, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Compliance Officer – you’re busy! And now, you have to think about new AI systems in your…
The LaundryE159: Are you at the bleeding edge of AI in financial crime – or already behind?
The story is often the same when it comes to AI in financial crime teams: 'We tried it, but it didn't stick.' But, the reality is the AI you tested 18 months…
The LaundryE158: What is the AML industry wrestling with RIGHT NOW?
The latest edition of AML Arena in Helsinki brought together law enforcement, regulators, fintechs, and big banks all in the same room. Rather than letting all…
The LaundryBonus: Er AML i frontlinjen av en hemmelig krig? [på norsk]
As an Easter bonus, we have very special Norwegian episode of The Laundry recorded live at SALT in Oslo! Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Eirik…
The LaundryE157: Can you switch off sanctions on a Russian shadow fleet?
Russia is the most sanctioned nation on planet earth. So, what happens when the US issues a waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil on sanctioned vessels?…
The LaundryE156: What happens to Iran's shadow banking network now?
Bombs are dropping on Iran, and we’ve seen the death of the Supreme Leader, counter-strikes across the region, global supply lanes in crisis, and spiraling oil…
The LaundryE155: Is Norway too "cosy" to deal with corruption?
The team is on their annual "KY-Ski" trip, located in a cosy cabin in the Norwegian mountains. But denting this "koselig" image is a slew of scandals linked to…
The LaundryE154: What is the future for MLROs?
Definitions are always evolving, but how will the next decade redefine the role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer? This week, The Laundry comes to you…
The LaundryTrailer: Oslo, book your ticket for The Laundry Live!
On March 18th, Norway’s leading AML and compliance teams —Strise and Signicat—are coming together at SALT, Oslo for: The Laundry Live: Fincrime at Boiling…
The LaundryRe-Spin: How technology became a money laundering machine!
Strise is developing next-generation technology to help financial crime teams stay one step ahead of criminals. The reason is simple: bad actors are using the…
The LaundryE153: Does an AI Agent social network spell financial crime disaster?
Everyone is talking about Moltbook, the social network exclusively for AI agents built using OpenClaw. But they aren't just chatting —they’re executing tasks…
The LaundryRe-Spin: Can fincrime professionals fight romance fraud?
To mark Valentine's Day and the season of romance, we're re-spinning an incredibly important episode. More than £106m was lost to romance fraud in the UK in…
The LaundryE152: Is financial crime the juice behind Meta's success?
The old adage about social media is: 'If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.' We’re used to hearing how platforms use our data to feed…
The LaundryE151: Have we got anti-money laundering all wrong?
In this industry, we’re constantly told that financial criminals are 'one step ahead' – but what if the very systems we built to stop them are actually giving…
The LaundryE150: What belongs in the Museum of Anti-Money Laundering?
The history of AML has always been reactive. We move so fast to catch the next threat that we rarely look back at how we got here. But that changes today! In…
The LaundryE149: Is the USA giving up on SARs?
America remains the ultimate trend setter – and that goes for regulation and law enforcement. Which is why you should not be ignoring FinCEN’s new guidance on…
The LaundryE148: Can we predict the 2026 financial crime roadmap?
Cross our palms with silver and look deeply into the crystal ball. We’re gazing into the future of financial crime in 2026. Consider this your 'Spoiler Alert'…
The LaundryE147: The Nobel Peace Prize and how financial crime threatens peace
Oslo is the centre of global attention this week as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was presented, in absentia, to Maria Corina Machado – for her work promoting…
The LaundryE146: What keeps the US Department of Justice up at night?
“Uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights” – these are the stated aims of the US Department of Justice. The US is the…
The LaundryE145: What American Candy Stores can tell us about money laundering
This month, more than 2,700 high street stores across the UK were visited by police – leading to 900 arrests and more than £10 million in criminal proceeds…
The LaundryE144: Three big takeaways from Norway's biggest AML event
This week, The Laundry set itself a challenge: head to Hvitvaskingskonferansen 2025 – Norway's biggest AML and CTF conference – and come back with a learning…
The LaundryE143: What keeps FATF up at night?
You're given two years to make a difference in the global battle against money laundering, financial crime, and corruption. The clock is ticking from the very…
The LaundryE142: What the Louvre heist can tell us about money laundering
Seven minutes. Nine pieces of priceless jewellery. A place in heist history. The theft of the Louvre in Paris has made headlines across the world. You may…
The LaundryE141: What keeps the regulator up at night?
For some, we know that the knock on the door from the regulator might be what’s keeping them up at night. But for this episode, let’s flip the perspective…
The LaundryE140: How is organised crime and dark money infiltrating Norway?
Grenade attacks, kidnappings, young boys coerced into gang crime. This is all currently happening in Norway and it's causing a frenzy in the news. But where…
The LaundryE139: The Dark Money Files crossover! Finding passion for compliance
Welcome to the first part of The Dark Laundry Files! No one grows up dreaming of being named the Head of AML Sanctions at a tier 1 bank. In fact, many of us in…
The LaundryE138: How can data help solve the money mule crisis?
We have a financial crime crisis going on. Everyday people are coerced into money muling via flashy social media ads Recruited to transfer "dirty" money…
The LaundryE137: What happens when 90,000 businesses become AML regulated?
It’s time to turn our world upside down and turn our attention to what's happening in Australia! The Australian government passed new AML and CFT rules that…
The LaundryE136: Can embedded AI change financial crime prevention forever?
When we think about AI solutions, we picture them as disconnected from the systems and tools you're using every day. But for many in banking and compliance…
The LaundryE135: Will Trump’s new sanctions on Russia work – or is this more box-ticking? [Re-Spin]
We all saw the handshakes – but Trump's meeting with Putin in Alaska has yet to see a peace deal signed and an end to the invasion of Ukraine. Now, it’s being…
The LaundryE134: What is holding Sweden back on AI in AML?
A alarming new report out of Sweden has revealed that a THIRD of their financial institutions have not started exploring artificial intelligence solutions in…
The LaundryE133: The secrets of shadow banking
Are you ready to step into a parallel world? It’s a bizarre world where no money moves – but currency changes hands between criminals, state-backed hackers…
The LaundryE132: The rise of the NepoPEPs – Russia's golden youth
Young, educated, multi-lingual, tech-savvy, operating across multiple countries. NepoPEPs are the sons, daughters, and other younger relatives of typical…
The LaundryE131: What does vibe coding mean for AML?
VIBE CODING! The new tools that let users write the back-end code for websites, apps, and online games with AI—without any coding experience. The potential for…
The LaundryGreatest Hits: AMLA's impact on financial crime in the EU
As a summer treat, we're bringing you some of the *top performing* episodes of The Laundry to date! The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of…