Anti-Money Laundering Policy

RUSI’s research aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the global anti-money laundering regime in an evolving financial crime landscape.




Cabot Square, Canary Wharf


RUSI’s projects on anti-money laundering policy focus on tackling the threats of money laundering in the UK and globally through in-depth analysis, recommendations, the development of public-private partnerships and strategic dialogue. Our empirical research and practical ideas build a strong evidence base for policymakers and practitioners to develop improved responses and share best practices. Focus areas include the threats and opportunities of new technologies, digital financial inclusion, analysis of FATF policies and evaluations, kleptocracy and finance as it relates to UK national security.

Cabot Square, Canary Wharf

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Our experts


Tom Keatinge

Director, CFCS

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

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Kathryn Westmore

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

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Dr Maria Nizzero

Research Fellow

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

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Stephen Reimer

Associate Fellow

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Fellows


Olivia Allison

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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David Artingstall

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Karen Baxter

Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Financial Conduct Authority

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Dr Katie Benson

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

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Dr Anna Bradshaw

Associate Fellow; Partner, Business Crime Department, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

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David Carlisle

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Isabella Chase

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI

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Gregory Dellas

Associate Fellow; Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, ECOMMBX

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Jan Dunin-Wasowicz

Associate Fellow; Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

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Ian Dyson QPM

Distinguished Fellow; Former Commissioner, City of London Police

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Sir David Green CB KC

Distinguished Fellow; Partner, Cohen & Gresser; Former Director, UK Serious Fraud Office

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Justyna Gudzowska

Associate Fellow

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Anagha Joshi

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Olivier Kraft

Associate Fellow; Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary Fund

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Olivia Kearney

Associate Fellow

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Aidan Larkin

Associate Fellow; Founder & CEO, Asset Reality

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Professor Michael Levi

Senior Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

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David Lewis

Senior Associate Fellow; Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Advisory Practice, Kroll

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Andrew Mackay

Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant

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Nick J. Maxwell

Associate Fellow; Director, NJM Research Ltd

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Anton Moiseienko

Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Law, Australian National University

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Robert Norfolk-Whittaker

Associate Fellow; UN Consultant

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Gemma Rogers

Associate Fellow; Co-Founder, FINTRAIL Ltd

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Denisse Rudich

Associate Fellow; Founder and Executive Director, Rudich Advisory

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Sergii Rybchenko

Associate Fellow

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Samantha Sheen

Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Adviser, Efficient Frontiers International

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Dr Noémi També

Associate Fellow; Independent Financial Crime Consultant and Researcher

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Helena Wood

Associate Fellow; Head of Public Policy at Cifas

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Malcolm Wright

Associate Fellow; Financial Crime Compliance Advisor

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Simon York CBE

Senior Associate Fellow; Former Chief Investigation Officer and Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC

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Ilze Znotiņa

Senior Associate Fellow

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Charting Authoritarian Abuses of the FATF Standards

European Sanctions and Illicit Finance Monitoring and Analysis Network (Eur...

Financial Crime 2.0

Financial Inclusion

Policy-Compliance Link: The RUSI-ACAMS Partnership

Restricting Kleptocracy

RUSI State Threats Taskforce (STT)

Taskforce on a Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance

UK Economic Crime Plan

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