Synopses & Reviews
This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Most of this volume is devoted to specific legal problems that spring from the international nature of the money laundering phenomenon. It contains the most detailed overview yet published on the rules and practices of international cooperation in the fight against money laundering, and the jurisdictional questions that inevitably arise in this context.
Review
"This is a wonderful book - It should become part of the permanant reference library for any and all regulators, bankers, international finance professionals and for attornies in process for the prosecution or defense of a money laundering case. This book is not for the faint hearted. It is a robust piece of work and should purchased and treated as such." Business &Security E-Journal
Synopsis
This book gives an analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. A comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective, it contains the most detailed overview yet published on the rules and practices of international co-operation in this area.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-457) and index.
Table of Contents
Part I. New Instruments in the Fight against Acquisitive Crime: Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime and Incrimination of Money Laundering: 1. The background of the fight against money laundering; 2. The confiscation; 3. The fight against money laundering: genesis of a new incrimination; Part II. The Prevention of Money Laundering: 4. The application field of legislation on the prevention of money laundering; 5. The role of financial institutions in the prevention of money laundering; 6. The role of the financial intelligence units in combating money laundering; 7. The role of the supervisory authorities in combating money laundering; Part III. Jurisdiction over Money Laundering: 8. Various types of jurisdictional problems in the fight against money laundering; 9. Territorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; 10. Extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; Part IV. International Co-operation in Combating Money Laundering: 11. The money laundering regime: new objectives of international co-operation in criminal matters; 12. The money laundering regime: new modes of international evidence-gathering; 13. Some of the conditions, principles and exceptions of mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters revisited; 14. Lifting banking secrecy in an international context; 15. Provisional measures to preserve alleged proceeds of crime in an international context; 16. International enforcement of confiscation orders.