AML and framework change at Nordea

Anders Meinert Jørgensen, head of group operational risk at Nordea, talks AML awareness and pace of framework change at the bank

Money laundering and tax evasion are almost certainly as old as money itself – no sooner were the first coins struck than people started scheming how to avoid handing them over, or how to conceal the origin of shadily acquired gold and silver. Enforcement and evasion have both moved on a great deal since the state-of-the-art solution was "bury it in a hole in the ground". But the last few years have seen unprecedented worldwide efforts to improve government scrutiny and control of the flow of