Purpose: This paper aims to provide insights as to why money laundering persists in banks and their weaknesses as gatekeepers. Design/methodology/approach: This paper contextualizes the design and proliferation of anti-money laundering (AML) measures; investigates the different manners of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper to examine laws and regulations applicable to cannabis in the USA and the UK, including legal reforms and international treaty obligations. Design/methodology/approach: This study relies on primary data from statutes and secondary data from online and offline...

Purpose: This purpose of this viewpoint is to address the intended good and unintended bad impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in financial crime. Design/methodology/approach: The paper relied primarily on secondary data resources, business cases and relevant laws and...

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss key concerns surrounding the recent implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II). It focuses on the UK regime. The insights derived are envisaged to be helpful guides for participants and regulators in financial markets....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the continued viability of the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) as a tool for climate control in the face of continued criticisms. Design/methodology/approach – This evaluative study makes use of connected existing studies...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the quality of narrative reporting of listed UK companies particularly in terms of transparency under guidance from the operating and financial review (OFR). Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is to rely on secondary data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss and evaluate the sovereign default restructuring options in the European Monetary Union (EMU). Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines financial policy options from a politico‐economic‐legal perspective. It relies primarily on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the practicality and implications of capital controls in emerging economies in the international financial landscape subsequent to the 1997 Asian financial crisis (AFC) and the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose This paper aims to examine tax leakages in secrecy financial centres. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study relies on primary data from relevant statutes and secondary data from the public domain and in particular academic sources. The study makes concurrent use of the case...