# STR: Suspicious Transaction Report

A podcast by Royal United Services Institute. From the team analysing the intersection of finance and security, tune into compelling conversations on the real-world impact of global illicit finance. This podcast explores the financial dimensions of today's leading transnational security challenges. Host Tom Keatinge and the team from the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI bring you unique insights on the challenges posed by illicit finance and practical analysis of the policy responses. They interview top thinkers and influential voices who unpack the complex world of money laundering, corruption, sanctions evasion and illicit flows, and explain how this shapes the evolving global security landscape, and what democracies and international institutions must do to stay ahead when it comes to the financial dimensions of the global threat outlook. Suspicious Transaction Report is also home to CFS's 'Financial Crime Insights' podcast, which ran from 2020 to 2023.

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## Latest episodes

- [A7A5: Russia's Stablecoin Lifeline](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/f14ead4d28bf) (2026-10-16, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/261002_STR_Tom_Robinson_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [From 1MDB to The China Contract](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/8b55c1a96679) (2026-10-02, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260902_STR_Clare_Rewcastle_Brown_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Financing War in the Grey Zone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/e7c5fc532f13) (2026-09-18, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260826_STR_Justyna_and_Olivia_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [From Compliance to Risk Management: A View from the US Treasury](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/f9f0c38ce7b6) (2026-09-04, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260825_STR_Jonathan_Burke_US_treasury_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Can the Financial Action Taskforce Turn Standards into Results?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/189a930158a7) (2026-07-24, 51 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260626_STR_-_Elisa_de_Anda_Madrazo_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Can Terrorist Financing Ever Be Stopped?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/b4afa6f7ad25) (2026-07-10, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260609_STR_Jason_Blazakis_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Iran's Long (Financial) Arm in Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/9d78093a17e2) (2026-06-26, 37 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260605_STR_Matthew_Levitt_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Chinese Money Laundering and the 'Flying Money' Threat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/7bd2d4e1fd37) (2026-06-12, 37 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260424_STR_Chinese_Money_Laundering_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Is Populism a Business Model?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/6abea0f9fa30) (2026-05-29, 30 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260429_STR_Liam_Byrne_Populism_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Crypto and Sanctions Evasion: Russia's Growing Shadow Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/8ecaca81b09b) (2026-05-15, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260425_STR_Gonzalo_Crypto_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [From Passive to Active: The Revolution at UK Companies House](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/deb05601f9f4) (2026-05-01, 29 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260313_STR_Companies_House_V3_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Oliver Bullough: Why We Get Fighting Financial Crime Wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/f258b6e7ecff) (2026-04-17, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/STR_260316_STR_Oliver_Bullough_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Latvia's Transformation: From Laundromat to Leader](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/10b432ae7813) (2026-04-02, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/STR_260306_Latvia_V1_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Countering Russia's Shadow Fleet and the Limits of Sanctions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/bb573f3d2224) (2026-03-20, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260306_STR_Gonzalo_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Russian Oligarch Sanctions: Frozen Assets, Due Process and What Happens Next](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/7fcc5686a631) (2026-03-06, 44 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260123_STR_Sanctions_Natalia_and_Michael_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [EU Sanctions on Russia: Four Years After the Invasion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/09739b3c02ec) (2026-02-20, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260119_STR_Brice_de_Schietere_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Controlling Crypto in UK Politics: Is a Ban What's Really Needed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/27c98a1d511f) (2026-02-05, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260121_STR_Crypto_Political_Finance_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [How Russian Sabotage Is Financed and How to Disrupt It](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/51d11235a5c4) (2026-01-23, 44 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/260107_STR_Sabotage_FInance_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Sanctioned: The Inside Story of the Sale of Chelsea Football Club](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/9a1821658f86) (2026-01-09, 37 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/251212_STR_Nick_Purewal_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Creating an AML System that is Fit for Purpose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/235b26d18c80) (2025-12-23, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/251212_STR_Anton_Moieseienko_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [How and Why the AML Status Quo Needs to Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/adb07ad83fe1) (2025-12-12, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250811_STR_Jeffrey_Robinson_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [The Growing Threat of Terrorist Financing Through Online Gaming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/faf795809d31) (2025-11-28, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250729_STR_Gonzalo__Galen_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [How Useful is the FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/67f1df06dab7) (2025-11-14, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250909_STR_Stephen_and_Jessica_V2_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [On the Frontline of Financial Intelligence with Daniel Thelesklaf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/dfa3413451c4) (2025-10-31, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250804_STR_Daniel_Thelesklaf_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Crypto and Sanctions Circumvention](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/2715076675f6) (2025-10-17, 30 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/251010_STR_A7A5_Elise_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Economic Statecraft and Economic Security in Global Affairs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/ac0beb591454) (2025-10-03, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250919_STR_Atlantic_Council_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Strategising the Use of Sanctions: in Conversation with Wally Adeyemo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/c0e4c5475916) (2025-09-19, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250912_STR_Wally_Adeyemo_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Imprisoned for Reforming Myanmar's Broken Financial System](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/e7a2f4669767) (2025-09-05, 40 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250811_STR_Sean_Turnell_V2_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Suspicious Transaction Report: Season 8 Preview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/5e578b1567e0) (2025-08-29, 2 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250817_STR_S8_Teaser_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [10 Years at the Intersection of Finance and Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/1c90bc733d3f) (2025-07-04, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250701_STR_S7_End_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [A Year of Labour: Assessing the UK's Progress Against Illicit Finance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/aa96da544663) (2025-06-20, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250606_STR_Josie__Kathryn_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Moldova's Elections: Fighting Financial Interference](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/72619ddabb42) (2025-06-06, 43 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250529_STR_Veronica_Dragalin_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Strengthening the Financial Frontline on Russia Trade Sanctions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/4afe48370d6d) (2025-05-23, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250425_STR_Olivia_Quantexa_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Chokepoints – How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/42fa8cff88b9) (2025-05-09, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250425_STR_Eddie_Fishman_v2_1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [The Financial Dimension of Online Child Sexual Exploitation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/567d24148ee3) (2025-04-25, 43 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250313_STR_Online_Child_Exploitation_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Banks and Geopolitical Risk – a Dutch Perspective](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/0ecb4cc44ba0) (2025-04-11, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250312_STR_Thomas_Haroon_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [The Future of Frozen Russian Assets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/4409d9659b51) (2025-03-28, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250319_STR_Anton_Moiseienko_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Hennie Verbeek-Kusters on Combatting Financial Crime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/4a7cbc351705) (2025-03-14, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250207_STR_Hennie_VB_V2_.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Belarus: The Forgotten Sanctions Regime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/59b27d3be3d0) (2025-02-28, 43 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250130_STR_Belarus_Sanctions_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Canada Under Pressure: Tariffs, Illicit Finance and Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/c71d51ec1151) (2025-02-14, 31 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250207_STR_Jessica_Davis_v1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Eyes on the Inside: Incentivising Whistleblowers to Expose Economic Crime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/9d6833de4e72) (2025-01-31, 37 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250131_STR_SFO_Whistleblowing_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [State Threats – Same Old Same Old, or Something Different?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/4addeb502fac) (2025-01-17, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/250117_STR_Matthew_Redhead_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Understanding Russia's Growing Campaign of Sabotage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/f210f29eb389) (2025-01-03, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241126_STR_Sabotage_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [The Honey Trap: A Tale of Scandi-Banking Noir](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/8e8d2e1e874e) (2024-12-13, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241213_STR_Axel_Honeytrap_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Uncertainty Ahead: Sanctions and Trump's Return](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/71186385e737) (2024-11-29, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241121_STR_Jeff_Lord_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Inside the Financial Empire of the Wagner Group](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/c5715e7e2629) (2024-11-15, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241101_STR_Jack_Margolin_Wagner_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [The Economic War Against Russia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/90545e108abc) (2024-11-01, 40 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241011_STR_Stephanie_Baker_V1.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Addressing Authoritarian Abuse of the FATF Standards](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/54abbb22a349) (2024-10-18, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/241011_STR_Stephen_and_Ishita_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Frankfurt Calling: A Conversation with Former FATF President Dr Marcus Pleyer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/2b80c6a37ff0) (2024-10-04, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/240924_Marcus_Player_V3.mp3?dest-id=1519406
- [Addressing the Axis of Upheaval](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1478891975/1ba4ad286272) (2024-09-20, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/suspicioustransactionreport/240920_STR_Axis_of_Upheaval_V2.mp3?dest-id=1519406

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