The blue line

Second only to direct involvement in money laundering, the best way to learn the whys and wherefores must be to talk to those who investigate it, day in, day out. Detective Inspector James Clancey, Head of the Money Laundering Unit, City of London Police (COLP) and John Unsworth, Senior Analyst, National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which is also based in the Economic Crime Directorate in the same force, made time to speak to MLB editor,Timon Molloy.

DI James Clancey (james.clancey@city-of-london.pnn.police.uk) and John Unsworth (john.Unsworth@city-of-london.pnn.police.uk). The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau website is www.nfib.police.uk.

Concentrated resource

“We have so much information coming into NFIB and so many people involved, trying to coordinate it all is a major challenge,” John Unsworth admits when asked, unfairly, if he’s an avid reader of our excellent publication. Data deluge, familiar to MLROs, is a common problem, both for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and across the police forces, he adds. But there is also a pressing internal education issue:“We still need to get people in law enforcement to understand what money laundering means and how it happens, to mainstream it in general enquiries.”