Money laundering : a new international law enforcement model / Guy Stessens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stessens, Guy, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 15.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money laundering.

Money--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.

Money.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 460 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers an extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Stessens portrays money laundering as a new criminal trend threatening both national and international societies which must be addressed multilaterally through banking practice, international conventions and human rights. Most of this volume is devoted to specific legal problems that spring from the international nature of the money laundering phenomenon. It contains a most detailed overview on the rules and practices of international co-operation in the fight against money laundering. The publication gives a thorough examination of the exchange of information, lifting banking secrecy, and seizing and confiscating assets, as well as the jurisdictional questions that inevitably arise in this context. The result is a rich and detailed study of international and comparative law.

Contents:

Table of treaties and agreements

pt. 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

pt. 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

pt. III. Jurisdiction over money laundering.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-457) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12022-5

0-521-05074-X

0-511-49456-4

0-511-15163-2

0-511-04592-1

0-511-17277-X

0-511-32484-7

1-280-42972-0

OCLC:

50024532