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.
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.
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.
AML / KYC
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.
AML / KYC
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.
AML / KYC
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.
AML / KYC
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.
AML / KYC
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.
AML / KYC
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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