Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 18 Issue 1

Suspicious transaction reporting: an Indian experience

B. Viritha, V. Mariappan, Irfan Ul Haq

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) reporting system in India in terms of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and its impact…

Lift-off for Mexico? Crime and finance in money laundering governance structures

Timo Behrens

The purpose of this article is to analyse Mexico’s money laundering governance with a focus on its 2007-2013 reform process. It provides a view of money laundering governance as a…

Shadow economy and tax evasion in the EU

Friedrich Schneider, Konrad Raczkowski, Bogdan Mróz

The main purpose of this paper is to explore size of the shadow economy of 31 European Countries in 2014 and size of the shadow economy of 28 European Union countries over…

Protection of trafficked people in Italy: policies, limits and challenges

Letizia Palumbo

– The purpose of the article is to analyse the Italian anti-trafficking system by examining its effectiveness in the protection of trafficked people.

Regulating the Chinese credit rating agencies: progress and challenges

Jing Bian

The purpose of this paper is to examine the emerging Chinese credit rating agencies (CRAs), and their development, regulatory regime and challenges. The Chinese financial system…

Baltic shells: on the mechanics of trade-based money-laundering in the former Soviet space

Graham Stack

The purpose of this paper is to describe a platform of interconnected international shell companies operated through Baltic banks, used for trade-based money laundering (TBML…

Perception of tax evasion as a crime in Turkey

Serkan Benk, Tamer Budak, Serap Püren, Mete Erdem

– The aim of this study is to investigate Turkish taxpayers’ perception of the severity of tax evasion relative to other crimes and violations.

Rethinking terrorist financing; where does all this lead?

Hamed Tofangsaz

– This paper aims to examine whether from a factual standpoint, it is sufficiently reasonable to address the suppression of terrorist financing by analogy with money laundering.