Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 1 Issue 3

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KEY COMMENT: An Overview

George Staple

Nobody knows how much money derived from drug trafficking, fraud, pornography, prostitution, smuggling and corruption is laundered every year through the financial system…

Money Laundering: A Public Prosecutor's Viewpoint

C.D. Schaap

It is fair to say that there is currently no consensus on the detailed approach to conducting a criminal financial investigation among Dutch public prosecutors, let alone among…

The Geographic Targeting Order: A Useful Tactic for Combating Money Laundering by Non‐Bank Entities in the USA

Anita Ramasastry

The geographic targeting order (GTO) is a legal mechanism whereby the US federal government can require financial institutions within a certain geographic range to supply…

Money Laundering: The Role of Legislation in Developing Economies

D.C. Jayasuriya

The 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (‘the 1988 Convention’) has sharpened the focus on tracking down and…

The Adoption of a Money‐Laundering Law in Nigeria

Chibuike Ugochukwu Uche

A landmark development in the fight against drug trafficking and other types of fraud in Nigeria was the promulgation of the Money Laundering Decree No. 3 of 1995. Though this is…

Money Laundering and International Political Economy

Tracy S. Paradise

One cynic has speculated that years hence people will look back and be forced to conclude that ‘money laundering was one of the greatest problems facing mankind towards the end of…

Living with the Law: A Survey of Money‐Laundering Reporting Officers and Their Attitudes towards the Money‐Laundering Regulations

Rowan Bosworth‐Davies

While researching a recent money‐laundering compliance project, it became clear that, even after three years of practical exposure to the Money Laundering Regulations, there was…

Australia: Lawyers Should be Treated like Banks, Bookmakers and Bullion Dealers

John Cotton

In 1993, the operation of Australia's financial reporting legislation was reviewed by a Senate Committee (‘the Committee’). It proposed various changes to the Financial…

Estonia: Opportunities for the Control of Money Laundering

Ando Leps

Money laundering is a problem of world importance, and in the European Union it constitutes a part of the so‐called third pillar. According to an International Monetary Fund (IMF…

Jamaica: Combating Money Laundering — A Review of the Money Laundering Act 1996

Shazeeda A. Ali

After several months of controversy and heated debate the Money Laundering Act 1996 (‘the MLA’) has survived its tumultuous passage through Parliament and will take effect…

Taiwan: Recent Opposition to the Money‐Laundering Epidemic

Lawrence L.C. Lee

The Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) has emerged as one of the world's most aggressive countries in the fight against international and domestic money laundering. Money…

Zimbabwe: Report on Money Laundering (No. 61)

A.R. Gubbay

Money laundering is a world‐wide phenomenon and one that is increasing. There are many definitions, but basically the term refers to the practice of the manipulation of the…

Cover of Journal of Money Laundering Control

ISSN:

1368-5201

Online date, start – end:

1997

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Li Hong Xing
  • Prof Barry Rider