This episode features a 45 minute conversation between Shirish Pathak, Managing Director, Fintelekt Advisory Services, and Duncan Jepson, Founder & Managing Director , Liberty Shared where the following points were discussed-
The extent of modern slavery globally, and geo-political issues that have influenced trends over the last decade, The expansion of modern slavery from being a human rights issue to also being a financial crime issue – the causes, milestones and resultant knowledge for the banking community, Advice to banks and regulators doing enough to better identify and report suspicious transactions related to modern slavery, The relation of proceeds of modern slavery to other predicate crimes and indirect impact on national security, Steps to be taken by banks to implement the correct red flag indicators and conduct optimum customer due diligence to identify possible offences in their customers’ supply chain of operations.