Covered in this Briefing Note:

Most major betrayals within organisations – from accounting fraud to doping – start with a first step that crosses the line.

In this opinion piece Viri Chauhan - Themis member and financial crime and compliance professional with 18 years of experience in anti-money laundering work - sets out a primer on different types of financial crime risk.

Viri explains why awareness of ‘rationalisation’ and ‘wilful-blindness’ are as important as statements in annual reports about the intentions of firm’s leadership teams.