Table of contents
POLICY AND JURISDICTION ISSUES
There has been a steady trickle of press reports into cases of so‐called ‘grand corruption’. The scale of the wealth reported to have been acquired in such cases is staggering and…
CRIMINAL ISSUES OF GRAND CORRUPTION
We conclude in Chapter One that an English criminal court is unlikely to have jurisdiction to try foreign public officials for grand corruption as their wrongful conduct would…
SITUATIONS WHERE LIABILITY WILL ARISE UNDER CIVIL LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHEN BANKS AND OTHERS HANDLE PROCEEDS OF CORRUPTION
The Committee has considered the present state of English civil law in relation to remedies available to victims of money laundering. We summarise here the relevant rules and…
THE FUNDING OF ACTIONS
In this chapter, the options for funding large‐scale corruption actions for the recovery of assets and the seizure of assets as part of civil claims for damages for human rights…
INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
The investigation and enforcement sub‐group felt that its contribution to this project was best made by suggesting answers to this question:
ISSUES CONCERNING COMPLIANCE
In preparing this report, the compliance sub‐group has set out to (a) summarise the current compliance regime as a matter of law and practice, (b) identify particular problem…
ISSN:
1368-5201e-ISSN:
1758-7808ISSN-L:
1368-5201Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Li Hong Xing
- Prof Barry Rider