Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 26 Issue 1

Editorial: The show must go on!

Barry Rider OBE

Global sanctions against corruption and asset recovery: a European approach

Georgios Pavlidis

This paper aims to critically examine whether it is timely and actionable for the European Union (EU) to adopt a global sanctions regime against corruption and how such a regime…

Combatting the financing of hate groups

Austin Eggers, Jeffrey Hobbs

This study aims to make the reader aware of recent changes in the white supremacist movement and how such changes have altered the ways in which the movement can be combatted.

Asset recovery practices in combating money laundering: evidence from FATF mutual evaluation report of FATF member countries of Asia pacific region

Salwa Zolkaflil, Sharifah Nazatul Faiza Syed Mustapha Nazri, Normah Omar

This study aims to understand the member countries’ current asset recovery mechanism based on two elements, namely, confiscation policy and asset recovery management framework.

Alternate remittance systems in Ghana: a trade enabler or an organised fraud

Alexander Asmah, Williams Abayaawien Atuilik

Alternate remittance systems (ARS) are inherently not illegal; however, the nature of their activities has mostly been linked with money laundering and terrorist financing, which…

Peculiarities of countering legalization of criminal income with the help of virtual assets: legislative regulation and practical implementation

Mykhailo Dumchikov, Oleg Reznik, Olha Bondarenko

The purpose of this paper is to define and characterize peculiarities of countering the legalization of criminal income with the help of virtual assets.

Effects of trade misinvoicing on money laundering in developing economies

Bello Umar

This study aims to define the concepts and determine the extent to which trade misinvoicing influences money laundering activities in developing countries.

From crime prevention to norm compliance: anti-money laundering (AML) policy adoption in Singapore from 1989–2021

Rishik Elias Menon

Policy mobility scholarship concerning anti-money laundering (AML) has typically favoured the study of power structures and interests to the neglect of the constructivist…

Financial intelligence (monitoring) as an effective way in the field of combating money laundering

Oleg Reznik, Maryna Utkina, Olha Bondarenko

The purpose of the article is to analyze the notion of “financial intelligence (monitoring)” in the system of combating money laundering and compare foreign financial intelligence…

The international fraud triangle

Anastasia Cheliatsidou, Nikolaos Sariannidis, Alexandros Garefalakis, Jamel Azibi, Paschalis Kagias

Fraud omnipresent in the media, the corporate world and the academic literature has attracted a great deal of research interest. Fraud and its various types and forms have been…

Money laundering influence on financial institutions and ways to retaliate

Darshan Kumar, Mark Eshwar Lokanan

This paper aims to advance the professional knowledge, experience and expertise of anti-money laundering (AML) professionals by focusing on how money laundering (ML) impacts a…

Why money laundering is nurtured in Ethiopia?

Messay Asgedom Gobena

The purpose of this paper is to examine the divers and facilitators of money laundering in Ethiopia. Specifically, it looks at the risk factors that existed in the country’s…

Exploring infiltration behaviour by organised crime groups

Mariska Fourie, Philip Steenkamp, Jacqui-Lyn McIntyre-Louw, Clinton Oellermann

This paper aims to provide a holistic view of infiltration behaviour by organised crime groups (OCGs), with a specific focus on the methods used to access the legal market…

Explaining prosecution outcomes for cryptocurrency-based financial crimes

Arianna Trozze, Toby Davies, Bennett Kleinberg

Cryptocurrencies have been used to commit various offences, but enforcement efforts remain underdeveloped relative to the value of these crimes. This paper aims to examine factors…

Policies, instrumentalities, compliance and control: combatting money laundering in Bangladesh

Habib Zafarullah, Halima Haque

Money laundering (ML) has become a global threat in recent years, impacting both developed and poor countries. Developing an efficient anti-money laundering (AML) regime is a…

Global money laundering appeal index: application of principal component analysis

Milind Tiwari, Adrian Gepp, Kuldeep Kumar

The paper aims at developing a global ranking system determining a country's appeal as a destination for money laundering.