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Denis O’Connor is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment. He was a member of the British Bankers’ Association Money Laundering Committee from 2003-10 and a member of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group’s Board and Editorial Panel between 2010 and 2016. He has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences on financial crime issues, both in the UK and abroad.

With significant financial crime issues emerging in recent months in some financial institutions across the European Union (EU), including Danske Bank, ING, Deutsche Bank, ABLV and Pilatus Bank, a report [1] by a Brussels think tank, Bruegel, offers some interesting proposals to enhance the fight against financial crime and casts light on one area where it is especially needed, which resonated with Denis O’Connor.