The Dark Money Files

We look at the role of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs) in the new regime at Companies House and explain why understanding both its strengths and weaknesses is important to anyone responsible for onboarding or monitoring UK companies, wherever in the world you work.
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One for the geeks! 
Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies.
We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or not (HINT: not!).
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Ten years after the creation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, we look at how the UK sanctions regime has evolved—from early uncertainty to strict liability enforcement, sanctions list complexity, and the growing expectations on the private sector. 
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Today we tackle some colourful risk lists or, to be a bit more precise, some black and grey ones, along with some strange differentials. 
Like how come the UK has a high risk third country list when there are no second countries in sight?
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In the second of a two part, end of year podcast, we continue to explain how we helped with a major BBC investigation into crime on the high street, involving the sale of illicit cigarettes and vapes, modern human slavery, people trafficking, tax evasion, corruption and money laundering.
In this episode, undercover filming unearths a shocking story and we explain our part in finding some of the protagonists involved.
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