A lot will happen in 2024!

There have been several advocates, particularly post-pandemic, for a cashless society (if not world). Motivations for a cashless society are not limited to the control of financial crime of course, although it may be principal among them. From a financial crime control perspective, the logic behind a cashless society is supposedly that because cash has been and is used extensively in the commission of financial crimes (notably dealing in the proceeds of crime offences (money laundering)), cessation of physical currency exchanges would abrogate this risk. This article reviews the possibility of a cashless society and its effect on financial crime and suggests that although physical currency is obviously used in money laundering (especially in its more unsophisticated emanations), it is naïve in the extreme to expect that a business, industry or country ceasing to use physical currency will do anything other than displace any financial crime away from that particular methodology. It then...

A World Gone Mad The world has undergone huge systemic changes over the last years. On the surface, it may seem chaotic and random, but behind world events are a core group of people driving the global changes we are experiencing. While only a few years ago, The Great Reset could easily be dismissed and labelled a conspiracy theory. Before you also dismiss it, consider that the terms “The Great Reset” and “New World Order’ are now widely used by governments, world leaders and influential individuals. The Great Reset will affect your life, so it’s important to understand it, so you can make the right decisions for you and your family. The WEF, WHO And UN To understand The Great Reset, we must begin with the World Economic Forum or the WEF and a man called Klaus Schwab. Their website states, “The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.” That’s co-operation between private organisations and public governments. It was founded by Klaus Schwab i...

You are stuck in an urban collapse and all you can think is “I gotta get outta dodge”. When it comes to sh-t hits the fan scenarios, whether it be a plague, nuclear attack, natural disaster, or the next pandemic, it’s a lot easier to cruise to your safe haven that is 100 miles away than it is to walk there. In this circumstance, you are going to need a reliable and efficient bug-out vehicle. There have long been talks of what bug-out vehicles are. Some might have a more romantic view of the world and picture a diesel loaded four-wheel-drive dune buggy complete with exterior spikes and the rest of the apocalyptic decor that you would see on the standard Mad Max vehicle. Other bug-out vehicle designs are more practical because when we’re looking at a vehicle that’s going to save our necks and get us out of trouble, we need something reliable, fuel-efficient, able to fit our supplies, that blends in, is low in maintenance and won’t leave you broke. As much as we would all enjoy lookin...