Money Laundering: A New International Law Enforcement Model / Edition 1

by Guy Stessens

Overview

This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Most of this volume is devoted to specific legal problems that spring from the international nature of the money laundering phenomenon. It contains the most detailed overview yet published on the rules and practices of international cooperation in the fight against money laundering, and the jurisdictional questions that inevitably arise in this context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521781046
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/31/2000
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law , #15
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.26(d)
Lexile:	1890L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Preface; Table of treaties and agreements; List of abbreviations; Part I. New Instruments in the Fight against Acquisitive Crime: Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime and Criminalisation of Money Laundering: 1. The background of the fight against money laundering; 2. The confiscation; 3. The fight against money laundering: genesis of a new crime; Part II. The Prevention of Money Laundering: 4. The application field of legislation on the prevention of money laundering; 5. The role of financial institutions in the prevention of money laundering; 6. The role of financial intelligence units in combating money laundering; 7. The role of the supervisory authorities in combating money laundering; Part III. Jurisdiction over Money Laundering: 8. Various types of jurisdictional problems in the fight against money laundering; 9. Territorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; 10. Extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; Part IV. International Co-operation in Combating Money Laundering: 11. The money laundering regime: new objectives of international co-operation in criminal matters; 12. The money laundering regime: new modes of international evidence-gathering; 13. Some of the conditions, principles and exceptions of mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters revisited; 14. Lifting banking secrecy in an international context; 15. Provisional measures to preserve alleged proceeds of crime in an international context; 16. International enforcement of confiscation orders; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a wonderful book - It should become part of the permanant reference library for any and all regulators, bankers, international finance professionals and for attornies in process for the prosecution or defense of a money laundering case. This book is not for the faint hearted. It is a robust piece of work and should purchased and treated as such." Business & Security E-Journal

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