Download or read book Financial Intelligence Units Working with Law Enforcement Authorities and Prosecutors written by Theodore Kouts and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Intelligence Units written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade and beyond, the need for a modern anti-money-laundering strategy has become widely accepted internationally. Depriving criminal elements of the proceeds of their crimes has increasingly been seen as an important tool to combat drug trafficking and, more recently, as a critical element in fighting organized crime, corruption, and the financing of terrorism, and maintaining the integrity of financial markets. The first few financial intelligence units (FIUs) were established in the early 1990s in response to the need for countries to have a central agency to receive, analyze, and disseminate financial information to combat money laundering. Over the ensuing period, the number of FIUs has continued to increase, reaching 84 in 2003. This handbook responds to the need for information on FIUs. It provides references to the appropriate Financial ActionTask Force (FATF) standards wherever appropriate.
Download or read book Suspending Suspicious Transactions written by Klaudijo Stroligo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime, and funds intended to finance terrorism, are key objectives of the global initiative to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The timely identification and immobilization of such funds are critical to permit the action necessary to prevent the flight of illicit assets beyond the reach of national law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities. Among the measures and tools that have been developed is the power for Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to order the postponement of transactions involving funds suspected of being related to money laundering or terrorism financing. This power has been given to a significant number of FIUs, but is not a mandatory element of the international anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing standards. The World Bank and the Egmont Group undertook a joint study to gather information about the legal basis of this power and its practical application as well as the frequency and modalities of its use. Detailed findings of this study are reported in this booklet, together with a series of recommendations that address anomalies, or perceived weaknesses, in the structure and scope of this power, and the manner in which it is used by FIUs. In this regard it is worth mentioning some of the key recommendations flowing from the study that urge national authorities to: • Provide an explicit legal basis for the FIU’s power to postpone suspicious transactions. • Identify the minimum requisite conditions for the FIU’s exercise of this power. • Ensure that the legal provision for this power mandates a reasonable maximum duration for the FIU postponement order. • Introduce legal provisions to require the FIU to issue a written postponement order, while allowing for an oral order in urgent cases. • Develop and implement effective mechanisms for coordination of the activities of reporting entities and public authorities involved in the postponement of transactions and follow-on interventions that may be triggered by the postponement. The report’s findings and recommendations are intended to provide practical advice to those countries that may wish to review, upgrade or strengthen their FIU’s capacities to use this power. It will also be an invaluable source of information and guidance to policy makers, FIUs, as well as law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities of countries that may be considering the introduction of this power.
Download or read book Terrorist Financing Money Laundering and Tax Evasion written by Jayesh D'Souza and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking funding is a critical part of the fight against terrorism and as the threat has escalated, so has the development of financial intelligence units (FIUs) designed to investigate suspicious transactions. Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion: Examining the Performance of Financial Intelligence Units provides a thorough analy
Download or read book Fighting Tax Crimes written by Amandine Scherrer and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial intelligence units (FIUs) are the national structures responsible for the receipt, analysis and dissemination of financial information to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Given the strong cross-border dimensions of money laundering, the exchange of information across FIUs is key to ensure illicit flows of money are properly detected and subsequently investigated by law enforcement authorities. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the current state of play in relation to the role, powers and activities of FIUs in fighting financial crime in general and tax crimes in particular, both at European and International level.
Download or read book Reference Guide to Anti money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism written by Paul Allan Schott and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efforts to launder money and finance terrorism have been evolving rapidly in recent years in response to heightened countermeasures. The international community has witnessed the use of increasingly sophisticated methods to move illicit funds through financial systems across the globe and has acknowledged the need for improved multilateral cooperation to fight these criminal activities. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund have developed this guide to help countries understand the new international standards. It will hopefully serve as a comprehensive source of practical information for countries to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. It discusses the problems caused by these crimes, the specific actions countries need to take to address them, and the role international organizations, such as the Bank and the IMF, play in the process. This guide is a tool for countries to establish and improve their legal and institutional frameworks and their preventive measures according to international standards and best practices. -- From Foreword (p. ix).
Download or read book Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism Building an effective financial intelligence unit written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Against Financial Crime written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Threat Finance written by Shima D. Keene and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal and terrorist organisations are increasingly turning to white collar crime such as fraud, e-crime, bribery, data and identity theft, in addition to more violent activities involving kidnap and ransom, narcotics and arms trafficking, to fund their activities and, in some cases pursue their cause. The choice of victims is global and indiscriminate. The modus operandi is continually mutating and increasing in sophistication; taking advantage of weaknesses in the system whether they be technological, legal or political. Countering these sources of threat finance is a shared challenge for governments, the military, NGOs, financial institutions and other businesses that may be targeted. Shima Keene’s Threat Finance offers new thinking to equip any organisation regardless of sector and geographical location, with the knowledge and tools to deploy effective counter measures to tackle the threat. To that end, she brings together a wide variety of perspectives - cultural, legal, economic and technological - to explain the sources, mechanisms and key intervention methodologies. The current environment continues to favour the criminal and the terrorist. Threat Finance is an essential read for fraud and security practitioners, financial regulators, policy-makers, intelligence officials, judges and barristers, law enforcement officers, and researchers in this field. Dr Keene offers an antidote to the lack of good, applied, research; shortcomings in in-house financial and forensic expertise; misdirected financial compliance schemes; legal and judicial idiosyncrasies; unhelpful organisation structures and poor communication. She argues convincingly for a coherent, aggressive, informed and cross-disciplinary approach to an ever changing and rapidly growing threat.
Download or read book Hide Seek written by John A. Cassara and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One failure of 9/11 that has not received the attention it deserves is the inadequacy of the U.S. and international network of financial transparency reporting requirements to detect terrorist finance. In Hide and Seek, John A. Cassara, an expert in the fields of terrorist financing and money laundering, provides personal insight into the workings of the intelligence and law enforcement communities. He contends that the mistakes made by many different agencies before 9/11 were not isolated. Rather, he says these blunders were a result of bureaucratic cultures, misguided policies, and entrenched ways of doing business. Moreover, vulnerabilities still exist. Cassara's unique background allows personal insight into the real workings of the intelligence and law enforcement communities that failed us on September 11, 2001. His memoir provides a true-life perspective on issues, procedures, government cultures, and decisions that are so vitally important today.
Download or read book Money laundering FinCEN s law enforcement support regulatory and international roles written by Norman J. Rabkin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Money Laundering Awareness Handbook for Tax Examiners and Tax Auditors written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this handbook is to raise the awareness level of tax examiners and auditors on money laundering. It provides guidance in identifying money laundering during the conduct of normal tax audits. It also describes the resources and tools ...
Download or read book Money Laundering Asset Forfeiture and International Financial Crimes written by Fletcher N. Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest release contains the following updates. DT GAO Report: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING: Improved Communication Could Enhance the Support FinCEN Provides to Law Enforcement DT BANK SECRECY ACT: Federal Agencies Should Take Action to Further Improve Coordination and Information-Sharing Efforts DT MOVING ILLEGAL PROCEEDS: Opportunities Exist for Strengthening the Federal Government's Efforts to Stem Cross-Border Currency Smuggling Expert commentary and current primary source material at your fingertips! This unique set combines both commentary and difficult to locate primary source material. The commentary focuses on issues of concern to attorneys, bankers, executives and law enforcement, and is written by experts that deal with these issues daily. Country commentaries written by local experts include advice on compliance and law enforcement. The primary source material encompasses foreign laws in English, government reports from agencies in the United States and other countries, treaties and important court cases. Practical advice on high profile topics BI Identifying common fraud schemes DTThe Bank Secrecy Act and how it has been implemented DTCyber-payments as a new weapon in money laundering detection and prevention DTE-Commerce and financial crimes DTPolicing of organized crime in foreign jurisdictions DTSarbanes-Oxley Act DTCorporate fraud and responsibility of a corporation to detect fraud DTUSA PATRIOT Act This outstanding reference covers everything you need to know about money laundering, including: DTThe SAR Activity Review DTCash Transactions Report Act DTCommentary on Financial Intelligence Unit and Egmont Group DTOrganized Crime, Terrorism and Money Laundering in the Americas DTCivil asset forfeiture DTSecurities fraud and money laundering investigations DTGambling and regulated activities
Download or read book Money Laundering written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States Second Edition written by Stefan D. Cassella and published by Juris Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Second Edition serves as both a primer on forfeiture law for the newcomer to this area, as well as a handy resource for anyone needing a comprehensive discussion of any of the recurring and evolving forfeiture issues that arise daily in federal practice. The author is one of the federal government's leading experts on asset forfeiture law. As a federal prosecutor, he has been litigating asset forfeiture cases since the late 1980's, was a Deputy Chief of the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section for many years, and is now the Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore, MD. Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Second Edition is a completely revised and up-to-date treatise that addresses important changes and significant developments in civil and criminal forfeiture law. Every chapter has been rewritten as a result of the explosive growth in this area of law and practice. This comprehensive one-volume resource examines and explores the outpouring of new case law stemming from federal law enforcement agencies that include the FBI, DEA, IRS and Homeland Security. The Second Edition continues to lead the practitioner, prosecutor, judge and policy maker through the labyrinth of statues, rules and cases that govern this dynamic area of the law. Many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as Australia and the Americas, have enacted asset forfeiture statutes modeled on U.S. law, making the cases interpreting the statutes relevant beyond the borders of the United States.
Download or read book Financial Intelligence Units written by International Monetary Fund. Legal Department and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade and beyond, the need for a modern anti-money-laundering strategy has become widely accepted internationally. Depriving criminal elements of the proceeds of their crimes has increasingly been seen as an important tool to combat drug trafficking and, more recently, as a critical element in fighting organized crime, corruption, and the financing of terrorism, and maintaining the integrity of financial markets. the first few financial intelligence units (FIUs) were established in the early 1990s in response to the need for countries to have a central agency to receive, analyze, and disseminate financial information to combat money laundering. Over the ensuing period, the number of FIUs has continued to increase, reaching 84 in 2003. This handbook responds to the need for information on FIUs. It provides references to the appropriate Financial ActionTask Force (FATF) standards wherever appropriate.
Download or read book Asset Recovery Handbook written by Jean-Pierre Brun and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is designed as a 'how-to' manual that guides practitioners as they grapple with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering assets that have been stolen by corrupt leaders and hidden abroad.
