With Interpol estimating that deforestation contributes 6-17% of global carbon emissions, it will be impossible to mitigate the negative effects of climate change without addressing the practice. In this podcast, Carel van Randwyck, Themis’ Chief Growth Officer speaks to Marc Jessel, Chief System Integrity Officer with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to discuss what can be done to increase the sustainability of forestry and reduce illegal logging, and how firms can ensure they are not unwittingly exposed through their supply chains ..read more

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Think Tank Manager at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. This is the first in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this first episode, he talks about the specific crime landscape for modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland and gives us some fascinating and insightful real life cases that he worked on during his career, and how financial intelligence provided by financial institutions was so pivotal to t ..read more

In this episode, Themis Think Tank Manager, Olivia Dakeyne, speaks to Rocio Domingo Ramos, who is the Business and Human Rights Officer at Anti-Slavery International. Her research and policy work seeks to tackle forced labour in global supply chains, implementing Anti-Slavery’s advocacy programmes on human rights due diligence and state-sponsored forced labour.    Anti-Slavery International is a leading charity that works to ensure that all people everywhere are free from all forms of slavery, always. They work in partnership with survivors, business, grassroots organisations and funding ..read more

Viri Chauhan, Themis Financial Crime SME, talks to Naresh Aggarwal, Associate Director of Policy and Technical at the Association of Corporate Treasurers. They discuss the responsibilities of a treasury function and various financial crime risk typologies that may be encountered by treasurers and how to respond to those threats. The subjects of financial derivatives, commodities and market abuse are also considered in the conversation. This is a deeper dive, longer podcast that provides some very useful insight and takeaways for anyone wishing to find out more about financial crime risk in cor ..read more

In this episode, Themis financial crime researcher Elizabeth Humphrey interviews Linda Baskett, Global Head of Financial Crime at Computershare and former Financial Crime Director for Aon’s UK entities, on the role of tech in fighting financial crime, data protection, and more, as well as her experience working in the financial crime sector as a woman. This conversation is part of a wider series of conversations that Themis is holding with leading women working in financial crime and tech, traditionally male-dominated industries, about their expertise and experiences ..read more

In this episode, Themis' Head of Research Nadia O'Shaughnessy interviews Katarina Cook, Head of Financial Crime and MLRO for Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK's largest wealth management firms. Katarina tells us about her experiences as a female leader working in the world of financial crime and shares valuable advice for young people looking to embark on this career path. She also considers the impacts of remote working on women with carer responsibilities and explores what good parental leave policy looks like. This episode is part of a wider series of podcast conversations that Themis is releas ..read more

In this episode, Themis Head of Research Nadia O'Shaughnessy interviews Sue Langley OBE, who has had an illustrious career both the financial services industry and in the public sector. Sue tells us about her own experiences as a female leader in what have traditionally been very male-dominated areas and shares a range of valuable tips for young people navigating their career paths. This episode is part of a wider series of podcast conversations that Themis is releasing with impressive women working in finance and tech ..read more

Listen to this podcast to hear about the very latest developments in the field of the illegal wildlife trade - both on the side of the perpetrators and law enforcement - and some fascinating case studies from those working on the front line ..read more

In this episode, as part of Themis’ Women in Financial Crime series, Consuelo Marzi, a Senior Manager at the Maltese Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, talks to Themis Think Tank Manager, Olivia Dakeyne, about Malta’s impressive work to improve its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing controls, which resulted in it being taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist of jurisdictions with strategic deficiences in June. Listen to this podcast to find out more about Malta’s response to the FATF greylisting, the country’s subsequent work on key financial crime issues and ..read more

Viri Chauhan talks to Professor Nic Ryder, a global expert on terrorist financing about the risks that crypto assets could bring to this topic. In this podcast Nic explains how the use of crypto assets contributes to the terrorist financing typologies and provides some cases and examples of how criminals have taken advantage of technology to fulfil their goals. Nic and Viri also discuss some important developments in the war in Ukraine and how a certain country has designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and the implications of this ..read more