The economic and legal effectiveness of the european union's anti-money laundering policy / Brigitte Unger [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unger, B. (Brigitte), author.

Unger, Brigitte, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money laundering--Europe.

Money laundering.

Money laundering--Government policy--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Official government policies against money laundering in the EU have been in place for roughly 25 years, after much concerted effort and a great deal of time and money invested. This volume examines the anti-money laundering policy of the EU Member States in connection to the threat of money laundering they face.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acronyms and abbreviations; 1. Introduction and operationalization; 2. Threat of money laundering; 3. Harmonization of substantive norms in preventive AML policy; 4. Implementing international conventions and the Third EU Directive; 5. Supervisory architectures in the preventive AML policy; 6. Definitions of money laundering in practice; 7. FIUs in the European Union - facts and figures, functions and facilities; 8. Information flows and repressive enforcement; 9. International cooperation; 10. Collection of statistics

11. Effectiveness: threat and corresponding policy response12. Cost-benefit analysis; 13. Summary and conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-277-4