Reading guide FINCRIME INTELLIGENCE LEGAL
Follow the facts. Check what they can show.
Financial-crime questions can involve money, accounts, phones, messages and law. A careful review keeps the records, the questions and the conclusions separate.
Reading guide
A simple way to read the material
Use these steps as a reading guide, not as instructions for handling a real case.
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Start with the source
Check who created a record, when it was created and whether you are reading the original or a copy.
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Put events in order
Dates, payment references and messages can help describe what happened. A timeline organises information; it does not prove why it happened.
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Keep facts and questions apart
Write down what a record shows. Mark what is unclear. Do not turn a guess or pattern into a conclusion about a person.
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Read the law in context
A law or official process can change. Read the current source and consider the facts, place and date that apply.