The thesis examines counter-terrorism financing measures adopted at UN level, by the EU and by the Czech Republic in the aftermath of 09/11/2001. The study answers such questions as which measures are effective in the Czech Republic and by what means they are implemented, what are the causes of their adoption and the objectives to be achieved. Trends determining ongoing evolution in this domain are also developed on the basis of the analysis.

Money laundering is a non-violent crime, however when successfully executed it has a negative impact on society, as it tends to support other illicit activities, including terrorism. As was the case for other financial crimes, the internet opened the door for new tools that enable criminals to launder their illicit profits. One of these tools is cryptocurrency.This paper takes the form of a literature review, in order to find the most relevant and important work within the research topic, and to identify central issues associated with laundering money through cryptocurrencies. It aims to explain the crypto-laundering process, methods and features that make cryptocurrencies tempting to criminals when searching tools to launder their illicit profits.The findings of this literature review demonstrate that cryptocurrencies have more characteristics that appeal to launderers than deters them. The results also show the existence of different methods that are employed in crypto-laundering and how it mirrors traditional money laundering stages, making evident that crypto-laundering is a real threat. Due to these results, it is essential that the criminological community delve into financial crimes perpetrated in the online environment.

An in depth commentary on the named book ('Methods of Money Laundering').

In 2019 the courts in Sweden decided in 21 judgements regarding gross money laundering. This study aims to determine if the court uses economic analysis of law in its judgments and if so, in what way the economic analysis occur. I have used a positive economic analysis of law in attempt to explain the legal rules as well as the outcome of the rules in form of an analysis of the 21 judgments on gross money laundering in 2019. The analysis of the judgments shows no obvious signs of economic reasoning in the courts decisions. There are thou economic effects regarding the measure of length of the punishment and it´s relation to the amount of wealth in the money laundering activity. In the majority of the judgements the equilibrium of wealth that prevailed before the involuntary transaction of goods was restored by damages. In combination with the sanctions the judgements can be classified as economical efficient. This shows that even if thou there are no obvious economic concepts in the judgments, there still can be economic grounds in the decisions, even thou they are imbedded in the legal system of sanctions in the civil law system.

Min ambition är att med aktuellt material samt med en handfull adekvata metoder pröva mintes om att det krävs en central europeisk myndighet, med såväl polis, åklagare som domstol,som är underställd justitiedepartementen med fullt mandat för att komma tillrätta med en utavvår tids största globala organiserade brottsligheter, Penningtvätt. Detta hotar samhälletsförtroende för kapitalmarknaderna, kan leda till finansiell systemkris och på det stora helasåledes vårt moderna sätt att leva. Samhällskontraktet mellan staten och dess medborgareutmanas. Människans innersta väsen, med en epigenetisk tillika predisponerad girighet står idirekt polemik med vårt sätt att på nations och unions vägar mitigera detta humana drag. Utanett skifte från förvaltningsrätten till straffrätten, med en verkställighet med tydligt preventivaoch direkt effektiva sanktioner som är större än ett ändrat arbetssätt och lite penningböter(som till slut diskonteras i Bankernas P/L kalkyler), så står inte dessa väl cementeradeinstitutioner till svars som en del utav en lösning. Inte heller är regleringen i form av lagar,regler och förordningar optimal, den borde kräva med [emfas] (direkt kausalitet) en vässadverkställighet och inte ett samordnande av artiklar, direktiv, regler och förslag. Bankerna,vågar jag påstå (stryk: att vi idag med all säkerhet kan stipulera), är en avgörande del avproblemet, vilket jag varken tror de vill eller skall så vara: de är en av nycklarna till lösningenpå problemet med penningtvätt. Alltså annorlunda uttryckt: hur får sheriffen kulor i revolvernoch hur får vi sheriffen att ta till mod för att stämma i bäcken? Sheriffen är härtillsynsmyndigheten. Hur skiftar vi paradigmet hos nyckelaktören: banken? Vad skulle kunnaskrämma banker och bankanställda till compliance/efterlevnad? Kan vi jämföra med och hurfår vi i så fall fram ett ställföreträdaransvar likt det sjukvården besitter?

Criminal networks exploit vulnerabilities in the global financial system, using it as a conduit to launder criminal proceeds. Law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and regulatory organizations often scrutinize voluminous financial records for suspicious activities and criminal conduct as part of anti-money laundering investigations. However, such studies are narrowly focused on incidents and triggered by tip-offs rather than data mining insights. This research models cross-border financial flows using a network theoretic approach and proposes a symmetric-key encryption algorithm to preserve information privacy in multi-dimensional data sets. The newly developed tools will enable regulatory organizations, financial institutions, and law enforcement agencies to identify suspicious activity and criminal conduct in cross-border financial transactions. Anti-money laundering, which comprises laws, regulations, and procedures to combat money laundering, requires financial institutions to verify and identify their customers in various circumstances and monitor suspicious activity transactions. Instituting anti-money laundering laws and regulations in a country carries the benefit of creating a data-rich environment, thereby facilitating non-classical analytical strategies and tools. Graph theory offers an elegant way of representing cross-border payments/receipts between resident and non-resident parties (nodes), with links representing the parties' transactions. The network representations provide potent data mining tools, facilitating a better understanding of transactional patterns that may constitute suspicious transactions and criminal conduct. Using network science to analyze large and complex data sets to detect anomalies in the data set is fast becoming more important and exciting than merely learning about its structure. This research leverages advanced technology to construct and visualize the cross-border financial flows' network structure, using a directed and dual-weighted bipartite graph. Furthermore, the develops a centrality measure for the proposed cross-border financial flows network using a method based on matrix multiplication to answer the question, "Which resident/non-resident nodes are the most important in the cross-border financial flows network?" The answer to this question provides data mining insights about the network structure. The proposed network structure, centrality measure, and characterization using degree distributions can enable financial institutions and regulatory organizations to identify dominant nodes in complex multi-dimensional data sets. Most importantly, the results showed that the research provides transaction monitoring capabilities that allow the setting of customer segmentation criteria, complementing the built-in transaction-specific triggers methods for detecting suspicious activity transactions. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2021. / Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) / UP Postgraduate Bursary / Industrial and Systems Engineering / PhD / Unrestricted

Magister Legum - LLM / “Threats to the independence of the legal profession have become a preoccupation for bar leaders, regulators and academics, driven by the dual pressures of globalization and the changing business structure of the profession.”1 Money laundering is a transnational economic crime that has plagued the world economy for many decades. It is a crime that eluded the attention of most world leaders. Hence, it is this elusiveness and this non-interest in money-laundering as a serious economic crime, that afforded many individuals such as former dictators and military leaders in developing countries the chance to avoid prosecution for depleting the economic resources of their particular state.2

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In 2016, the ICIJ independent organization released the leaks of the Panama Papers. Using the data presented, this thesis aims to evaluate and examine the models developed for the quantification of money laundering, analyze the variables that define the appeal of certain tax havens, and develop extensions to the Walker-Unger model. The proportion of illicit funds flowing from a source country to a host country was calculated using the Walker-Unger model as a reference while considering 35 source and 10 host countries. The variables were adjusted for statistical analyses input through multiple fractional probit regressions, and the outcome was compared to the original Walker-Unger estimates. At a 5% significance level, the research found significance between the account proportion and the independent variables. Furthermore, the evidence showcased more significant values obtained with the regression model, implying that the Walker-Unger model has become irrelevant in this modern era. Due to the following reasons, this study provides a perspective into improving the model through several recommendations.

Penningtvätt är ett globalt problem som ställer höga krav på bankers riskhantering för att försöka motverka att utnyttjas för brott. Arbetssättet regleras genom riktlinjer från internationella likväl som nationella myndigheter och organisationer för att på bästa sätt skydda det finansiella systemet. Under de senaste åren har svenska banker hamnat i blåsväder på grund av brister i sitt riskhanteringsarbete och detta faktum har lagt grunden för syftet till denna studie - att undersöka hur svenska sparbanker arbetar med riskhantering i allmänhet och penningtvättsrisker i synnerhet. Studien har utförts med hjälp av en kvalitativ metod, bland annat genom intervjuer med sakkunniga inom området. För att kunna förstå arbetssättet ur ett inifrånperspektiv utgörs teoriavsnittet av relevanta lagar och föreskrifter. Slutsatser som har dragits utifrån studien är att arbetet med att hantera penningtvättsrisker är mycket komplext och olika från bank till bank, då de har olika typer av organisationer och förutsättningar. En stor del av arbetet utförs manuellt, vilket skapar en förhöjd operativ risk. För att kunna upprätthålla en god riskmedvetenhet i bankens organisation framhålls vikten av att hålla löpande utbildningar med kontinuerlig uppföljning i närtid. 3 / Money laundering is a global problem that puts pressure on banks in terms of providing high standard risk management to try to counteract financial crime. The internal work procedures are regulated by guidelines from international as well as national authorities and organizations to protect the financial system. In recent years, several Swedish banks have ended up in scandals due to shortcomings in their risk management procedures and this fact has built the foundation for the purpose of this study - to investigate how small Swedish banks work with risk management in general and money laundering risks in particular. This study was carried out using a qualitative method, through interviews with experts. In order to be able to understand the internal procedures, relevant laws and regulations on risk management and anti money laundering have been applied. The results from this study showed that the work procedures are different in every bank due to different types of organisations and preconditions. The work on managing money laundering risks is very complex and puts great demands on both employees' ability and financial resources. A large part of the work is performed manually, which creates an increased operational risk. In order to maintain a good risk awareness in the bank's organization, it is important to provide ongoing education with effective follow-up procedures.