Table of contents
How terrorists exploit gaps in US anti‐money laundering laws to secrete plunder
Courtney J. LinnShows how terrorists finance their operations from crimes like immigration benefit fraud, cigarette smuggling, kidnapping and drug trafficking, and also petty crimes like benefit…
Placing bankers in the front line
R. Barry Johnston, John AbbottShows how international standards and codes are increasingly addressing the integrity underpinnings of the international financial system, focusing on evolving standards for…
The risks for financial intermediaries and advisers in Germany
Katlen BlöckerOutlines new legislation against money laundering: 2002 was a very active year which saw the Law on Combating International Terrorism, the Fourth Act on the Advancement of the…
Technology and intelligence
Neil J. JensenDescribes the impact of technology on intelligence, which means that vast amounts of data can now be stored, accessed and securely sent and received. Shows how intelligence‐led…
Assessing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on the financial services industry
James Fisher, James Gilsinan, Ellen Harshman, Muhammed Islam, Fred YeagerOutlines the requirements of the PATRIOT Act of October 2001; together with subsequent legislation, it has led to a dramatic increase in surveillance activities affecting both…
The suspicious transactions reporting system
He PingTraces the history of the important obligation of financial systems and other vulnerable professions to report any suspicious transactions in order to combat money laundering…
An inter‐temporal model of dirty money
Ricardo Azevedo Araujo, Tito Belchior S. MoreiraPresents a basic model by which a representative agent chooses how to allocate his savings optimally between money of legal origin and dirty money; he holds the laundered dirty…
Malta’s role in the international fight against money laundering
Robert Vella‐BaldacchinoBegins by putting Malta into perspective as one of the ten states that joined the European Union in 2004 and the one with the smallest area; its geographical position at the…
Systems thinking about anti‐money laundering: considering the Greek case
Ian O. Angell, Dionysios S. DemetisDescribes some aspects of money laundering through the lens of systems terminology. Claims that this approach can give insights beyond those of the conventional “linear”…
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1368-5201e-ISSN:
1758-7808ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Li Hong Xing
- Prof Barry Rider