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The Facilitation of Money Laundering Through Western Europe and the United States by Russian Organised Crime Groups
Peter Johnstone, Mark JonesOver the past decade the Russian Mafia has established itself as capable of causing serious disruptions within the world's financial markets. Organised crime groups control a…
United States and Civil in rem Forfeiture: The History and Its Ancient Roots
Fletcher N. BaldwinThe practice of civil in rem forfeiture has roots in ancient codes and commandments. It is found in the common law doctrine of deodand and in the laws of the nomadic agricultural…
Money‐Laundering Control: Elusive Dream or Achievable Reality?
Robin McCuskerTo attempt, or aim, to control money laundering by regulating those sectors which facilitate and therefore (wittingly or not) encourage and sustain its practice is rather to miss…
New Frontiers of Criminal Liability: Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime
Michael LeviThe salience of money laundering as a social and economic issue merits some modest scepticism. First, most crime is and will remain for the foreseeable future local and…
The Electronic Dimension to Money Laundering — The Investigator's Perspective
Gordon HutchinsThe Money Laundering Investigation Team was formed in 1993 at the same time that the South East Regional Crime Squad came into being. The Regional Crime Squad is part of the…
The Battle against Money Laundering: An Examination of US Law, International Cooperative Efforts and Corporate Governance Issues
Kimberly Anne SummeMoney laundering, the process by which the proceeds derived from criminal activity are disguised or concealed, is a problem of international dimensions. US law enforcement…
Fraud Control in Offshore Banking Centres
Ricardo M. AlbaNew measures to prevent financial crime in the offshore banking centres of Latin America and the Caribbean are helping to bring about more effective controls. The author welcomes…
New Forms of Transnational Policing: The Emergence of Financial Intelligence Units in the European Union and the Challenges for Human Rights: Part 2
Valsamis MitsilegasThis paper consists of two parts, the first of which was published in the last issue of this Journal (Volume 3, Number 2). The second part of this paper will deal with the legal…
Singapore: New Money‐Laundering Law under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act
Tan Sin LiangAfter six years, the money‐laundering law, under the Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 (DTA), is now changed. The DTA (which came into operation on 30th…
Corruption — An Indian Perspective
B.V. KumarIn about 1990, India and a few developing countries attempted to restructure their economics to achieve accelerated economic growth, for generation of optimum levels of…
New Zealand: A View of Money Laundering
James Rapley‘People have been hiding wealth ever since the notion of value dawned in the mind of man. As society and the instruments of society have become more sophisticated, so have the…
Robin Hood
R.E. BellRobin Hood had clearly now become a serious problem. Previously he had been known for taking from the rich, giving to the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. Much of…
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1368-5201Online date, start – end:
1997Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Li Hong Xing
- Prof Barry Rider