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Home Office Appoints Lynsey Lauer to Lead ALMAR Programme

03 January 2025

Home Office Appoints Lynsey Lauer to Lead ALMAR Programme

The Home Office appointed Lynsey Lauer as the Senior Responsible Owner for the Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery (ALMAR) Programme.

 

The ALMAR Programme is part of the UK’s Economic Crime Plan 2 (2023-2026) and focuses on enhancing law enforcement’s ability to disrupt money laundering and recover criminal assets.

Key Objectives Include:

  • Uplifting 475 personnel, including financial investigators, prosecutors, and intelligence analysts, to strengthen detection and disruption of money laundering​;
  • Expanding capabilities to tackle crypto assets with improved storage solutions and crypto-tracing technology​;
  • Building a new Asset Recovery IT system to improve data sharing and efficiency across law enforcement agencies​;
  • Reforming legislation, including Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 powers, to expand opportunities for asset seizure and confiscation​; and
  • Enhancing training and guidance for financial investigators to improve skills and operational outcomes​.

✅ Organisations should ensure their financial crime compliance frameworks are robust to align with enhanced enforcement measures.
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