Illicit Financial Flows Resulting from Drug Trafficking and Other Transnational Organised Crime

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United Nations, Content Provider.

United Nations, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnational crime.

Drug traffic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This research report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) examines the global issue of illicit financial flows resulting from drug trafficking and other transnational organized crimes. It provides an analysis of the methods used to estimate the proceeds of crime and their impact on global economies. The report highlights the significant role of cocaine trafficking in generating criminal profits and the challenges in tracking and preventing money laundering. It emphasizes the need for enhanced international cooperation and legal frameworks to combat these issues. The study is aimed at policymakers, law enforcement agencies, and researchers interested in understanding and addressing the complexities of transnational crime and its financial implications. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Table of contents

Preface

Key findings

Executive summary

Introduction

1. Estimating the global proceeds of crime

a) Methodological approaches proposed in the literature

b) Analysis of previous estimates

2. Detailed analysis of a transnational organized crime sector

a) Methodology

b) Application of the model(s) to cocaine trafficking

3. Socio-economic impact of financial flows emerging from drug trafficking and other transnational organized crime

a) Implications of illicit financial flows contributing to the spread of transnational organized crime

b) Implications of investment of criminal financial flows in the licit sector

c) Implications of laundering criminal financial flows, including in foreign jurisdictions

4. Existing international legal instruments to tackle the problem

a) Overview

b) Most relevant stipulations in international legal instruments

Summary and conclusions

Annex: Text of relevant sections of international legal instruments Generated by AI.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9789210551670

9210551672