Journal of Money Laundering Control: Volume 12 Issue 1

Limited liability companies (LLCs) and financial crimes

Benton E. Gup, Navin Beekarry

The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the concept of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and the extent to which these present money laundering and financing of…

Challenges that Russian banks face implementing the AML regulations

Natalya Subbotina

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the anti‐money laundering (AML) legislation created by the Russian regulator for the financial institutions with the aim to test banks'…

Did blacklisting hurt the tax havens?

Robert Thomas Kudrle

The purpose of this paper is to test the widely‐held assumption that blacklisting, such as that practiced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and…

Banker as victim: an approach to money laundering prosecutions

Terrence F. Williams

The purpose of this paper is to discuss a novel approach to money laundering prosecutions that focuses on the deception of bankers as opposed to the original provenance of the…

Political factors affecting AML/CFT efforts in post‐communist Eurasia: The case of Georgia

Elias Götz, Michael Jonsson

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of anti‐money laundering (AML) efforts and high‐risk sectors in Georgia, and explain changes in this field over time.

The development of Islamic finance: Egypt as a case study

Sherin Galal Abdullah Mouawad

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the political and economic dilemma that Islamic finance (IF) poses on some Muslim Governments of either encouraging or restraining this…

Anti‐money laundering under Turkish law

Güneş Okuyucu

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the anti‐money laundering legislation and its implementation under Turkish law. The steps taken to combat money laundering in Turkey and…

Fiddling - while the city burns!

Barry Rider