Tom Keatinge

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    Tom Keatinge is the Director of RUSI's Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, where his research focuses on matters at the intersection of finance and security, including the use of finance as a tool of intelligence and disruption. Prior to joining RUSI in 2014, he was an investment banker for 20 years at J.P. Morgan. See more here.

    Articles by Tom Keatinge

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    AML / KYC

    All Eyes Are on Singapore and its Fight Against Dirty Money

    22/08/2024

    For the past two years, Singapore has led the global fight against dirty money. It’s now time for it to focus on the home front again, says Tom Keatinge.

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    Sanctions

    Will 2023 be the End of International Sanctions?

    05/01/2023

    With the UNSC’s sanctions role effectively neutered, new sanctions coalitions and international harmony are needed to blunt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and ensure global security.

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    Swimming in Dirty Money: It’s Time to Dive Below the Surface

    05/12/2022

    The failure to address the illicit finance in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is a glaring omission, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

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    Good Intentions: The FATF Faces Its Own Unintended Consequences

    08/08/2021

    The FATF’s unintended consequences study will point to necessary reforms that the watchdog will be unwilling to undertake.

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    Financial Crime Country Lists in a Fragmenting World Order

    30/10/2020

    Those that promote lists of countries that are slow to tackle financial crime must work harder to exclude politics and prove their integrity and value, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

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    The New Cold War Is Financial

    29/09/2020

    Banks and financial infrastructure are emerging as an expanding front in geopolitics, writes RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

    AML / KYC

    Between a Rock and a Hard Place: FATF Faces an Iranian Crunch

    07/02/2020

    A well-intentioned decision on Iran in 2016 has haunted FATF ever since. That decision is about to become a nightmare, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

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    It’s Time to Reform and Refocus the FATF

    27/10/2019

    The FATF’s responsibilities and the efficiency and effectiveness of its evaluation process must be reassessed, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

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    The FATF Should Embrace the Opportunity to Reform

    30/06/2019

    The FATF needs to recognise that it should be more transparent and be able to provide greater assurance of independence and oversight, says RUSI’s Tom Keatinge.

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