Join us as Aine McParland, Financial and Environmental Crime Researcher at Themis, engages in conversation with Olivia Dakeyne, Associate Director of Themis' Insight Team, and John Dodsworth, Drivers Initiative Lead at WWF-UK, as they delve into the recently published report by Themis and WWF-UK titled 'Financial Crimes and Land Conversion: Uncovering the Risk for Financial Institutions.'

Tune in to gain insights on the critical issue of land conversion and its far-reaching implications for financial institutions.

Learn more about the broader Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit, an initiative being developed in partnership with WWF-UK, designed to address these challenges directly.

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 third and final episode in a short series of podcasts with Gavin Miller about modern slavery and human trafficking.

In this episode, Gavin talks about the great benefits to organisations (as well as wider society) of taking anti-modern slavery and human trafficking efforts seriously, not just for staying on the right side of regulation but also for attracting new businesses.

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 human trafficking efforts and how the private sector can add value, with examples of real cases worked on during his career with the Police Service.

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 fascinating and insightful real life cases that he worked on during his career, and how financial intelligence provided by financial institutions was so pivotal to these investigations - both to the victim experience and the prosecution.

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 cautionary tale that sheds light on the tactics of modern-day scammers and how conducting due diligence can be your best defence.

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 investigation is a science or an art.

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 reduce illegal logging, and how firms can ensure they are not unwittingly exposed through their supply chains.

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 fascinating and insightful real life cases that he worked on during his career, and how financial intelligence provided by financial institutions was so pivotal to these investigations - both to the victim experience and the prosecution.