Financial Crime Insights Podcasts

Financial Crime Insights is a podcast from RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS).



The episodes in this series are based on past CFCS events with top thinkers on topics that remain relevant in the world of financial crime. They also include behind-the-scenes research interviews with the CFCS team.

The views or statements expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by RUSI employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of RUSI.


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Season 1

Episodes include varied speakers - policymakers, journalists, academics, practitioners and CFCS researchers - who share their knowledge and ideas on current policy challenges, global trends and possible opportunities for reform.

Episode 44: Ukraine’s Reconstruction: Ensuring Transparency
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2022 Through the Lens of Illicit Finance
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Episode 42: Reassessing the Financing of Terrorism
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Episode 41: The Kimchi Premium: South Korea’s Cryptocurrency Scene
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Episode 40: Cryptocurrency Risk, Recovery and Regulations
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Episode 39: Sanctions Evasion: The Role of North Korean Diplomats
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Episode 38: The Illicit Finance Threat: A Transatlantic Response
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Episode 37: Economic Crime: A Consensus Issue
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Episode 36: Democracy and the Corrosive Impact of Illicit Finance
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Episode 35: Revolutionising Financial Supervision
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Episode 34: Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the 21st Century
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Episode 33: Corruption, Kleptocracy and Illicit Finance in the Balkans
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Episode 32: The Lazarus Heist: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber War
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Episode 31: Restricting Kleptocracy: The First Mile of Financial Crime
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Episode 30: Butler to the World: Britain's Dirty Money Problem
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End of Year Festive Special
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Episode 29: Curbing the Enablers of Illicit Finance
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Episode 28: Financial Connections in Extremism
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Episode 27: Asset Recovery: A Private Sector Role
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Episode 26: A Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance: Starting at Home
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Episode 25: FATF’s Unintended Consequences: The Future
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Episode 24: FATF’s Unintended Consequences: The Present
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Episode 23: FATF’s Unintended Consequences: The Past
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Episode 22: Organised Environmental Crime: Dissecting the FATF Approach
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Episode 21: The UK’s Economic Crime Plan
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Episode 20: Disrupting the Ransomware Ecosystem
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Episode 19: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure: Realities and Policy Implications
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Episode 18: Crime Risks of Free-Trade Zones
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Episode 17: FATF’s Impact on Financial Inclusion
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Episode 16: The Human Harms of Illicit Finance
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Episode 15: The Illicit Finance Dimensions of the Integrated Review
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Episode 14: The Impact of Fraud on UK National Security
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Episode 13: Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
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Episode 12: New Methods of Payment and Financial Crime
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Episode 11: The Future of Economic Crime Policing in the UK
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Episode 10: Counter Terrorism Financing: Does the Current Global Approach Work?
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Episode 9: Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
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Episode 8: Freeports in the UK
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Episode 7: Unexplained Wealth Orders: Where to Next
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Episode 6: FATF’s Strategic Review
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Episode 5: New Technologies, Old Methods in Terrorism Financing
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Episode 4: Corruption and Finance in the UK
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Episode 3: Dark Money and Democracy
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Episode 2: What’s in Store for Sanctions?
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Episode 1: Kleptocracy and the US Elections
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Podcast Trailer: Financial Crime Insights
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