Themis Podcasts

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Associate Director at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This is the second in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this episode, Gavin talks to us about the importance of private public partnerships and cross-sectoral collaboration to modern slavery and hu...

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Think Tank Manager at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This is the first in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this first episode, he talks about the specific crime landscape for modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland and gives us some...

Join us on this eye-opening episode of Themis as we delve into the chilling world of cryptoscammers and their relentless pursuit of targets within the start-up scene. In a riveting first-hand account, Cindy Gallop of MakeLoveNotPorn shares her brief encounter with these cyberfraudsters. Learn how entrepreneurs like Cindy navigate the treacherous waters of cryptocurrency and emerge with their finances and businesses intact. It's a c...

In this podcast, Themis’ Head of Investigations, Henry Williams, speaks to Diligencia’s Regional Director in the Gulf, Jonathan Siklos, about corporate investigations, particularly in the MENA region.

They discuss why someone might engage a corporate investigator, the types of intelligence used in such investigations, the challenges of finding data in the MENA region, whether AI will ever replace human investigators, and whether i...

With Interpol estimating that deforestation contributes 6-17% of global carbon emissions, it will be impossible to mitigate the negative effects of climate change without addressing the practice. In this podcast, Carel van Randwyck, Themis’ Chief Growth Officer speaks to Marc Jessel, Chief System Integrity Officer with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to discuss what can be done to increase the sustainability of forestry and re...

In this episode, Olivia Dakeyne, Think Tank Manager at Themis, talks to Gavin Miller, a former detective who spent time working for the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. This is the first in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller, and in this first episode, he talks about the specific crime landscape for modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland and gives us some ...

In this episode, Themis Think Tank Manager, Olivia Dakeyne, speaks to Rocio Domingo Ramos, who is the Business and Human Rights Officer at Anti-Slavery International. Her research and policy work seeks to tackle forced labour in global supply chains, implementing Anti-Slavery’s advocacy programmes on human rights due diligence and state-sponsored forced labour.  

Anti-Slavery International is a leading charity that works to ensure...

Viri Chauhan, Themis Financial Crime SME, talks to Naresh Aggarwal, Associate Director of Policy and Technical at the Association of Corporate Treasurers. They discuss the responsibilities of a treasury function and various financial crime risk typologies that may be encountered by treasurers and how to respond to those threats. The subjects of financial derivatives, commodities and market abuse are also considered in the conversat...

In this episode, Themis' researcher Eliza Thompson interviews Farheen Ishtiaq-Stansfeld, a senior associate specialising in commercial crime at FieldFisher, a full-service firm with a market-leading financial services practice.

Farheen shares her career journey thus far and what motivated her to pursue a path in financial crime and white collar law. We also discuss the importance of having colleagues and mentors who champion the d...

In this episode, Themis financial crime researcher Elizabeth Humphrey interviews Linda Baskett, Global Head of Financial Crime at Computershare and former Financial Crime Director for Aon’s UK entities, on the role of tech in fighting financial crime, data protection, and more, as well as her experience working in the financial crime sector as a woman. This conversation is part of a wider series of conversations that Themis is hold...

In this episode, Themis' Head of Research Nadia O'Shaughnessy interviews Katarina Cook, Head of Financial Crime and MLRO for Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK's largest wealth management firms. Katarina tells us about her experiences as a female leader working in the world of financial crime and shares valuable advice for young people looking to embark on this career path. She also considers the impacts of remote working on women with ...

In this episode, Themis Head of Research Nadia O'Shaughnessy interviews Sue Langley OBE, who has had an illustrious career both the financial services industry and in the public sector. Sue tells us about her own experiences as a female leader in what have traditionally been very male-dominated areas and shares a range of valuable tips for young people navigating their career paths. This episode is part of a wider series of podcast...

In this episode, as part of Themis’ Women in Financial Crime series, Consuelo Marzi, a Senior Manager at the Maltese Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, talks to Themis Think Tank Manager, Olivia Dakeyne, about Malta’s impressive work to improve its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing controls, which resulted in it being taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist of jurisdictions with strategic deficie...

Viri Chauhan talks to Professor Nic Ryder, a global expert on terrorist financing about the risks that crypto assets could bring to this topic. In this podcast Nic explains how the use of crypto assets contributes to the terrorist financing typologies and provides some cases and examples of how criminals have taken advantage of technology to fulfil their goals. Nic and Viri also discuss some important developments in the war in Ukr...

In this podcast we talk to Dominika Benton, a PhD candidate whose research focuses on the use of cryptocurrencies in terrorist financing and the use of distributed ledger technology within the suspicious activity reporting regime in counter terrorism financing, about the use of cryptocurrencies, online gaming and the Metaverse in terrorist financing activities.

We discuss what has been referred to as the 'gamification' of terroris...

With the war in Ukraine having displaced more than 8 million people, and the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution worldwide having now crossed 100 million, vulnerability to trafficking and exploitation has never been higher. As part of our series of podcasts exploring the financial crime, human trafficking and modern slavery nexus, we talk to Jonathan Bell, Partner at RedCompas...