The Dark Money Files

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.

  1. OCT 24

    The Dark Money Files meets (Episode 1)... The Laundry

    In the first of a new, occasional series, in which we sit down and chat to fellow anti-financial crime professionals, we kick off with Marit Rødevand from Strise to talk about AI and other new fangled gizmos. Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    29 min

  2. OCT 9

    Policing the corporate landscape - the role of The Insolvency Service

    The UK Insolvency Service does a lot more than just oversee insolvencies and, in a recently published five year strategy document, they outlined some ambitious future goals which we thought were well worth a conversation. So we had one! Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    21 min

  3. AUG 13

    The highs (and lows) of PEP classifications

    The FCA recently published new guidance specifically in relation to UK PEPs which we decided needed a closer look. So we did! Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    20 min

  4. JUL 26

    Where there's a will...

    In this episode we explain how we supported a major BBC investigation into a Hungarian organised crime group which was systematically forging wills and stealing the assets belonging to the estate from under the noses of the true beneficiaries. Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    21 min

  5. MAY 29

    Transparency and trust issues: the secret life of property

    In this episode, we chat about a recently published report by Transparency International (see: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/trust-issues-tackling-final-frontier-secret-property-ownership) and how it impacts on our ability to identify the true ownership of real estate in the UK (and elsewhere). Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    19 min

  6. APR 14

    Trigger warning!

    We bring you our latest deep dive into the world of crazy company incorporations and weird worldwide coincidences by way of North London, New Zealand and a much loved British sit-com. Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    17 min

  7. MAR 16

    The sharing of suspicion

    SARs! Search and rescue services? Subject access requests? Sudden acute respiratory syndrome? No - suspicious activity reports! That's what we are talking about this time. And there's a lot more to them than you might think. Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    18 min

  8. FEB 8

    Don't let mules make an ass of your firm

    In this episode we look at the FCA's latest thematic review of the National Fraud Database and money mule account detection tools and summarise what we think firms can take from it and what actions they might consider taking in response. Send us a text Support the show Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

    20 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Graham Barrow and Ray Blake
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    145
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Dark Money Files
  • Show Website
    The Dark Money Files

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