Defence retort

John Binns (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, jbinns@bcl.com) is a partner at BCL Solicitors LLP, specialising in financial crime and money laundering.

UK suspicious activity reporting hit a new volume high in the year to March 2020 but the head of the UK’s Financial Intelligence Unit worries about quality, even redundancy in the shape of defensive filings. Don’t blame the reporters, says John Binns of BCL Solicitors.