Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 22 Issue 3

European antiquities trade: a refuge for money laundering and terrorism financing

Fabian Maximilian Johannes Teichmann

This paper aims to demonstrate how criminals launder money in the antiquities trade in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

The viability of recent enforcement mechanism to combat money laundering and financial terrorism (AML/CFT) in Nigeria: An overview

Maruf Adeniyi Nasir

This paper aims to evaluate the recent steps and enforcement mechanisms employed in Nigeria to combat money laundering and terrorism financing to give a clear and deeper insight…

Tracing, freezing and confiscating the proceeds of crime in Cyprus

George Pavlidis, Konstantinos Satolias

As a dynamic business and financial centre, the Republic of Cyprus is called upon to protect its economy and society from money laundering and criminal infiltration. To address…

Foreign direct investments and round tripping between Cyprus and Russia

Spyridon Repousis, Petros Lois, Pavlos Kougioumtsidis

This paper aims to look at the linkage of foreign direct investments (FDIs) and round-tripping in the Cyprus–Russia corridor.

Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism compliance: Are FATF member states just scratching the surface?

Emmanuel Senanu Mekpor

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how well countries comply with global anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations.

Corporate crime control in China: an observation from culture perspective

Jing Lin

The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate role of penal approach in corporate crime control and to assess if compliance program can be accepted in China, the largest…

Evaluating cryptocurrency laundering as a complex socio-technical system: A systematic literature review

Dennis B. Desmond, David Lacey, Paul Salmon

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from a literature review, which aimed to identify previous studies evaluating cryptolaundering from a systems thinking…

The mechanism of control of corruption and the rule of law: Mediating the effect of culture on terrorism financing

Anas Al Qudah, Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, Ahmed Yamen

In this study, the authors aim to investigate the control of corruption (COC) mechanism and the rule of law (ROL) in mediating the effect of culture on terrorism financing. Thus…

Exploring the links between AML, digital currencies and blockchain technology:

Mohammed Ahmad Naheem

This paper aims to explore the implications of the 2014 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) publication and guidelines on virtual currency definitions and the overall impact of…

Dirty money in the banking sector

Reeda Al Sabri Halawi

The purpose of this study is to analyze the Lebanese anti-money laundering (AML) paradigm in light of banking secrecy law. The phenomenon of money laundering that was first…

The financial intelligence unit and money laundering control in Tanzania: The law, potential and challenges

Eugene E. Mniwasa

This paper aims to explore the role of the financial intelligence unit in Tanzania in fighting against money laundering and its predicate offences, examine its potential in…

How seriously do taxpayers regard tax evasion? A survey of opinion in England

Simon James, Robert W. McGee, Serkan Benk, Tamer Budak

Numerous studies have been done on various aspects of tax evasion in recent years. Some studies focus on compliance, while others examine more esoteric topics, such as optimum tax…

The viability of international anti-criminal finance frameworks: The effect of mass refugee migration and the growth of the informal financial sector

Nurhannani Fazlur Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the effect of the growing informal financial sector (IFS) on the effectiveness of anti-criminal finance laws. Specifically, the…