Money launderers operate without regard to borders of any kind. They do not care what country they operate in, nor what kind of business they use as a vehicle.

Yet, the focus of governments is on the financial sector and, in some cases, on only a narrow part of that sector.

The result is that those seeking to combat money laundering are selected from a small range of potential money laundering targets and are drawn into a compliance culture.

The Society aims to broaden the perspective of counter-money laundering professionals, and to provide a form of interaction between all the players from those in government who legislate, regulate and enforce to those in the community who must comply with laws that are much wider than simply the five planks of a financial services compliance regime.