Jersey Gambling Regulator Appoints Crime Specialist as Chair

Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France, has reinforced its gambling regulatory body, the Jersey Gambling Commission, with the appointment of crime specialist Barry Faudemer as chair. In this position, Faudemer will be tasked with, among other things, tackling activity that could result in gambling harm. Faudemer Joins the Jersey Gambling Commission BBC, which broke the news on the matter, said that Barry Faudemer is an experienced crime specialist, who has formerly served as the head of Jersey’s Police and Customs Financial Crimes Unit. In addition to that, he has served the Jersey Financial Services Commission as its former executive director and has played a key role in developing the island’s Financial Services Law and the Proceeds of Crime Law. Faudemer has spent 27 years with the Jersey police and is well aware of criminals’ usual approach to money laundering and terrorism financing. The appointee is also an FBI Academy graduate who has studied the specifics of financial crime. To top it all off, Faudemer is the founder of the Jersey Fraud Prevention Forum and the author of Jersey’s Money Laundering Typology document. Jersey Is Concerned About Problem Gambling BBC said that the Jersey Gambling Commission described Faudemer as someone with “extensive experience in regulation, financial crime prevention and law enforcement.” As chair of the commission, Faudemer will serve an initial four-year term, helping the regulatory body crack down on harmful gambling. The appointment comes not long after the commission announced that it believes that Jersey’s capacity to provide health services to those struggling with excessive gambling was “severely under strain.”