The overarching aim of this book is to bring order to the subjects of money laundering and of the anti-money laundering frameworks that have been written over the past thirty years. It provides scholars, practitioners and policy makers with a guide to what is known of the subject thus far. The book examines critically the underlying assumptions of research and of policy-making in the field and offers a systematic review of the most important policy and academic literature on the subject.

Provides one of the first systematic, rather than narrative, reviews of the literature Reviews both the history and evolution of Anti-Money Laundering Provide scholars, practitioners and policy makers with a critical view of the sum knowledge and evidence base in Anti-Money Laundering policy and approach

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Petrus C. van Duyne, Professor emeritus, is one of the pre-eminent authors of the subjects of cross-border and organised crime, money-laundering and corruption. Known to be a critical and independent thinker, author of around 140 publications, his papers are widely downloaded and referenced. As both a psychologist and jurist he has been researching in the field since the 1980s.

Dr Jackie Harvey is Professor of Financial Management and Director of Business Research at Newcastle Business School. Her research is focused on criminal financial management, in particular money laundering. Prior to becoming an academic in 2000, Jackie spent 10 years working for a major merchant bank, followed by a 3 year posting as fiscal policy adviser to the Ministry of Finance in Belize.

Dr Liliya Gelemerova is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, a member of the Steering Committee of Finance against Trafficking and a Senior Financial Crime Advisor at Commerzbank, London. Formerly Head of International Contacts and Legal Coordination at Bulgaria's Financial Intelligence Unit, and following a role at Transparency International, Berlin, Liliya worked for several investigative consultancy firms in London before moving into inhouse banking compliance.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Money-laundering: a global issue and scarce knowledge.- Chapter 2. Methodology.- Chapter 3. Historical overview.- Chapter 4. Concepts, assumptions and consequences .- Chapter 5. Learning more about the FATF: Knowing the tree by its fruits.- Chapter 6. The legal studies literature.- Chapter 7. Economists' consensus: models and estimates. - Chapter 8. Behaviour and impact 'on the ground'. - Chapter 9. What is all this good for? A layman's question.- Chapter 10. Back to the essence and the future. <p