The Dark Money Files
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The Dark Money Files

by Graham Barrow and Ray Blake

A series of podcasts which explain to a non-technical audience how "Dark Money" (e.g. money laundering, corruption, bribery, tax evasion) enters the financial system and infects everything it touches.

100 episodes
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1
Happy birthday OFSI
21:44 Mar 10, 2026
2
It's a grey(list) area
24:15 Feb 9, 2026
3
Crime on the high street - part two
13:15 Jan 9, 2026
4
Crime on the high street - part one
16:25 Dec 29, 2025
5
A fine fanfare - Coinbase and JP Morgan SE
16:03 Dec 8, 2025
6
The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry
29:05 Oct 24, 2025
7
Policing the corporate landscape - the role of The Insolvency Service
21:09 Oct 9, 2025
8
The highs (and lows) of PEP classifications
19:50 Aug 13, 2025
9
Where there's a will...
20:44 Jul 26, 2025
10
Transparency and trust issues: the secret life of property
18:33 May 29, 2025
11
Trigger warning!
17:24 Apr 14, 2025
12
The sharing of suspicion
17:41 Mar 16, 2025
13
Don't let mules make an ass of your firm
19:38 Feb 8, 2025
14
We're scamming, we hope you like scamming too...
15:23 Dec 15, 2024
15
Unheard voices - fine outcomes
18:56 Nov 26, 2024
16
Financial Crime Training - Mind the gap!
16:37 Oct 14, 2024
17
The (out)source code
15:18 Sep 10, 2024
18
Hot spots and intelligence 2
18:40 Aug 16, 2024
19
Hot spots and intelligence
18:06 Jul 3, 2024
20
Are corporate entities the Swiss army knife of financial crime?
17:10 Jun 4, 2024
21
Organised Crime - two's company but three's an OCG
20:14 May 25, 2024
22
A proliferation explanation conversation
18:28 May 7, 2024
23
It’s payback time! – the new UK regime for mandatory scam reimbursement
22:26 Apr 26, 2024
24
The democratisation of crime
15:53 Mar 22, 2024
25
Bar Wars - Attack of the Clones
20:38 Feb 11, 2024
26
It's over to EU
21:44 Feb 7, 2024
27
Are PEPs domestic?
17:06 Jan 15, 2024
28
ECCTA Part 2 - SLAPPS, Fraud, Crypto and information sharing
21:21 Nov 30, 2023
29
Companies House - it's time to Act
20:39 Nov 19, 2023
30
A close shave – Ockam’s razor and plausibility
21:44 Oct 17, 2023
31
Ownership, control, or influence? UBOs and further complications
19:27 Sep 15, 2023
32
Ownership, control, or influence? It’s time for the UBO question!
23:39 Sep 7, 2023
33
A Neidle in a tax scam
16:44 Aug 23, 2023
34
A view from the Farage side
20:49 Aug 3, 2023
35
You find what you look for!
16:33 Jul 5, 2023
36
Bias and noise – how they differ and why it matters
21:10 Jun 20, 2023
37
MI oh MI What a Wonderful Day
20:36 Jun 3, 2023
38
Show me the money!
20:11 May 1, 2023
39
VATs the problem?
15:43 Apr 13, 2023
40
Investing in testing 2 - Is it in the test?
21:47 Mar 27, 2023
41
Investing in Testing - why assessment matters: Part 1
21:50 Mar 9, 2023
42
KYC - The Canary in the Coal Mine
24:06 Feb 20, 2023
43
Dr Blake’s casebook – a roundup of stories you may have missed
20:04 Jan 25, 2023
44
Can we have the Bill please?
18:33 Jan 16, 2023
45
Trivia - when three paths meet
21:03 Dec 3, 2022
46
AOB – recent publications and guidance
18:50 Nov 21, 2022
47
Fraud part three: Watcha gonna do about it!
16:16 Oct 17, 2022
48
Your company is not welcome here!
15:49 Aug 22, 2022
49
Fraud part two: The grift that keeps on grifting
20:46 Jul 25, 2022
50
Fraud, intents and purposes
15:36 Jun 25, 2022
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