Mysteron

I think Moneyval is only interested in money laundering elements, and nothing else, so unless there are money laundering charges, prosecutions and convictions etc, it won't tick any boxes.

Seems a bit unusual that only the Gambling regulator has mentioned the criminal investigation. No comment or confirmation yet from the police as far as I can tell. Does the regulator conduct and prosecute its own criminal investigations, like the UK Post Office does/did? As others have stated, the police's social media feed usually goes into overdrive in situations like this. If they were trying to keep their actions low key, if indeed they are involved, then the regulator seems to have let the cat out of the bag. Probably a huge coincidence, but in the couple of days leading up to yesterday's regulator's announcement, five people, including two in the UK, have been detained for allegedly spying for China - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/22/germany-detains-three-suspected-chinese-spies

I find myself doing the same thing. Some local eateries seem to specialise in charging London prices, but providing local service. The two don't go together in my book. If I'm expected to pay a premium price, the least I expect is a comparable level of service etc. Don't get me wrong, some places which employ teenagers are very good, because the staff are well trained and/or managed, but in my experience there are seemingly an increasing number of places where the standards have slipped, and there seems to be an expectation from the owners/managers that customers should just accept it.

An acquaintance of mine is a Heading disciple, and has attended some of his talks. I have to confess their beliefs amuse me to some extent, until you realise how engulfed they are by what they believe. They're currently 'researching' aircraft contrails which are apparently poisoning us on a daily basis. Because they've somehow managed to work out what's really going on in the world, they've gained immunity from the contrails poisoning. According to them, it's my Covid jab which makes me susceptible. This is the same Covid jab which several years ago the acquaintance confidently predicted would cause me severe dementia (and most probably death) within a matter of months, and also allow the "murderer Bill Gates" to track my movements. Quite why Bill Gates would want to track my movements if I was dead, seems to have escaped their intellect entirely. When I point out to them that none of their prophecies in respect of my demise have yet to come true, I'm advised to "wait and see". That's their stock reply to any conspiracy theories points of view which differ to theirs. Sadly, I'm a lost cause because I'm uneducated and a sheeple. Unlike them.

With the recent national and international furore over the Royal Family manipulating images in the media, I'm already looking forward to seeing a picture of Camilla today posing with the Bee Gees statue on Loch Prom, and perhaps one of her sitting on Norman Wisdom's knee outside the Town Hall.

Like putting lipstick on a pig.

Maybe you can enlighten us with the evidence that the police turned "a blind eye to"? And the same evidence which presumably the legal eagles ignored too? Please don't ask us to read it for ourselves - you obviously know what it is, so should be able to tell us. "Throws its’ resources at teenagers with cannabis, and a little at fraudsters". Which of these categories are you putting Courtney Heading in?

He'll now have a captive audience to convert... Saw him striding down Strand Street yesterday wearing a 'Justice For The Jabbed' tee-shirt. He's received the former...

What incentive do they have to introduce any change within a 5 year term? None that I can see. Unless it increases revenue that is, then it tends to be introduced pretty swiftly. When elected, they like to bed themselves in for 18 months 'learning the ropes', and for the last 18 months of a current term they are winding down preparing for the next election. The middle two years of a 5 year term seem to be spent fannying around on personal vanity projects, sweeping things under the carpet or kicking serious issues into the long grass. Rinse and repeat every 5 years. A shorter term might concentrate a few minds, and perhaps ensure that members & departments etc work together more effectively to achieve things. And in my opinion, that's precisely why the sensible idea will never gain traction.

Ricardo's assertion that this masterplan is being driven and controlled by governments has one serious flaw in my opinion. If its outcome is successful, and Ricardo seems convinced it will be, how will governments raise revenue (taxes), if there's no one left to pay taxes? If water is fluoridated, surely Ricardo will consume it as well and suffer the same fate awaiting the rest of us. Presumably for humanitarian reasons Ricardo now prefers to let us discover our own fates rather than sharing his research/knowledge with us. How magnanimous. Back to the drawing board for Ricardo methinks.

Aren't you doing the same though, by holding your own rigid beliefs? When others on here have asked you to elaborate or fully explain your beliefs, you have refused, been obtuse, and told them to do their own research. Is that because you can't elucidate your own beliefs, or won't?

The last sentence of the FSA's Public Statement might indicate there is more to come for RBSI possibly. https://www.iomfsa.im/fsa-news/2024/feb/public-statement-concerning-the-imposition-of-a-civil-penalty-in-respect-of-the-royal-bank-of-scotland-international-limited/

RBSI is just the latest of several local financial insitutions to be sanctioned by the regulator in recent months, and nearly all for failing to have basic anti-money laundering measures in place. Generally speaking, these laws have been around for the thick end of twenty years now, so you'd think the financial institutions would be getting the hang of them by now. Seemingly not.

The unnecessary and stressful situation was caused by your daughter. No one else. She was speeding. Hope you can cope with the length of this post, as evidently comprehension isn't one of your strong points. I never mentioned her being cautioned, just being warned. Maybe your posts speak volumes about you, too. Your daughter must be grateful to have such a fabulous role model.

Was it the sheer number of people gathered around her car which intimidated your daughter, or the fact they were uniformed officers? Some people might have felt intimidated had it been only one officer. I imagine it's not a pleasant experience for any motorist pulled over by police for even the most minor motoring transgression, but it's probably lessened if they're let off with a warning. You don't say what your daughter's outcome was. Driving at 37 in a 30 in the UK would probably attract a prosecution/conviction. I can't recall any such prosecutions over here for that speed, but I might be wrong. Hopefully your daughter received a warning. Possibly more disconcerting is the apparent disregard that a 17-year-old newish driver has for the rules of the road, but we all makes mistakes. Presumably she didn't manage to see the 10 Hi Vis officers at the roadside in enough time to be able to adjust her speed accordingly. As with most interactions with police, they're entirely avoidable providing the correct choices are made.