The expert behind EDD Solution
Andréas Hobbelin
Andréas Hobbelin has conducted thousands of Enhanced Due Diligence reviews over more than 15 years and knows when a risk-based EDD is good enough — and when more must be done and a senior investigator must be involved.
Career
Experience
- 2025 –Real estate sector, SpainOngoing EDD on high-risk non-residents, HNWI and ultra-HNWI clients — based on the Costa del Sol, also working with Costa Blanca, Ibiza and Palma
- 2024 –Plusius (Sweden)Head of AML & FCP (part-time) — cross-border transactions
- 2020 – 2024ZTL Payment Solution (Norway)Head of AML & FCP, fintech — cross-border transactions
- 2016 – 2020Swedbank GroupSenior AML Officer and AML Task Force lead, Baltic investigation — author of the internal report of 12 July 2018 reviewing transactions between Swedbank's Baltic operations and Danske Bank Estonia
- 2013 – 2016BDO Forensic & Compliance ServicesForensic and EDD work, including a nine-month EDD engagement for TeliaSonera in the CIS countries
- 2010 – 2013Risk Information Group NorwayRisk information and background research
- 2006 – 2010Dun & BradstreetBusiness information and company analysis
Investigative literature
Books
- Swedbank: Penningtvätten och lögnernaHobbelin's investigative work inside Swedbank is written about in this book on the money-laundering scandal.
- HonungsfällanFeatured in the definitive investigative book on Swedbank and the largest Russian money-laundering scandal in European history.
Public record
In the media
- Swedbank sågas i rätten – av sin egen expertDagens Industri · 2022-10-25
- Cited as the compliance officer who raised red flags on Baltic money flowsOCCRP
- Bankene vil bekjempe hvitvasking med teknologiDN (Dagens Næringsliv)
- Debate contribution on AML regulationFinansWatch
- Quoted on AML regulationFinansWatch
- Quoted on insurance and financial crimeFinansWatch
- Quoted on fintech and complianceFinansWatch
Compliancepodden
Podcasts
- Ep 32 — Sanksjonering av personer og foretak: hvordan unngår du å tråkke feil?Compliancepodden · Sanctions compliance, asset freezes and screening dilemmas
- Ep 22 — Anti-hvitvaskingsarbeid i betalingsforetakCompliancepodden · AML work in payment institutions
Policy work
Reports and contributions
- Open Ownership (2015) — report on hidden company ownership and UBO transparencyTax Justice Network Norway · Contributor
Risk-based EDD
Automated or expert-reviewed?
Most cases are covered by the automated EDD. When the engine finds unresolved ownership, sanctions or PEP exposure, or relevant adverse media, choose the expert-reviewed EDD and Andréas reviews and confirms the result personally. Read when an EDD is good enough.
Contact: ah@airi.no · LinkedIn
Publications
Case study and investigation notes
Case study · PDF · 2026
AML at Scale: Lessons from Revolut
By Andréas Hobbelin — open the full case study
- Sanctions · vessel trackingNorwegian vessel in the Tartus port of Syria
- Sanctions · investment exposureNorwegian Oil Fund (NBIM) and Russian investments
- Sanctions · PEP exposurePutin's cronies & the Norwegian "Oil Fund" (part 3)
- Sanctions · PEP exposurePutin's cronies & the Norwegian "Oil Fund" (part 2)
- Sanctions · OFACPutin's cronies & the Norwegian "Oil Fund" (part 1)
- Sanctions evasionHeard about Hurds bank?
- National security15 Russian "diplomats" — intelligence officers declared personae non gratae in Norway
- Sanctions · PEPNorwegian bank accepting EUR 203M from Russian company controlled by sanctioned PEP?
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