Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 17 Issue 2

Money laundering and the shadow economy in Kazakhstan

Nurlan N. Niyetullayev, Paul Almond

The purpose of this paper is to assess and highlight the approach taken towards the legal control of illicit money laundering taken in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in particular…

Laws whitening black money for boosting national economy: Prevention or legalisation of corruption in Bangladesh?

S.M. Solaiman

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that granting general amnesty to thousands of black-money holders in Bangladesh has failed to make any positive impact on the…

Norway has attained a “low-risk” money laundering rating, how could this be applied globally?

Gary L. Moore

This paper aims to analyze thoroughly all of the sources of research used to develop the money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) low-risk rating, a rating attained by…

Measuring abnormal pricing – an alternative approach: The case of US banana trade with Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Keejae Hong, Cabrini H. Pak, Simon J. Pak

The purpose of this study is to examine the degree of trade mispricing in the US fresh banana trade with Latin American and Caribbean countries using a new alternative measure in…

Combating money laundering and the future of banking secrecy laws in Malaysia

Aspalella A. Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to analyze banking secrecy laws against the background of the Malaysian anti-money laundering laws. It has been argued that the anti-money laundering…

A critical approach to trade-based money laundering

Melvin R.J. Soudijn

The purpose of this paper is to broaden the discussion on trade-based money laundering (TBML). The literature is too narrowly focused on the misrepresentation of the value…

The effect of tax amnesty on anti-money laundering in Bangladesh

Attiya Waris, Laila Abdul Latif

The article aims to rely on the global wealth chains theory to study the effect of tax amnesty on anti-money laundering (AML) in Bangladesh. This theory is an analytical framework…

Too much sunlight can damage your health!

Barry A.K. Rider