Describes how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has blacklisted countries which it believes provide laws and practices conducive to money laundering; this blacklisting queries the legitimacy of the country or jurisdiction and its right to conduct financial business in the global...

Begins with the Canadian Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act 1991, which was amended after 2001 into the Proceedings of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorism Financing Act. Looks at developments against money laundering in other countries such as the UK and USA; some prominent international...

Describes Argentina as an ideal target for fundamentalist terrorism, since its local gangs give terrorists logistical advantages, while it has a large Jewish population. Outlines how the MERCOSUR democracies have attempted to deal with terrorism by establishing the Reciprocal Cooperation and...

Reviews the policy of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and its remit since it was set up in 1989. Outlines the measures involved in the FATF’s work in developing legal standards against money laundering and terrorist financing: monitoring country compliance by a self‐assessment process...

Explains how the Wolfsberg Principles came about in late 2000, when leading banks met at Wolfsberg castle in Switzerland to improve private banking standards for combating the huge amounts of money being laundered; two further sets of Principles have appeared since the original. Discusses the...

Argues in this wideranging paper that the legitimacy of international law depends on the principle that pacts should be respected, reviewing the issues of self‐preservation, proportionality and human rights in relation to this. Focuses on the economic war against terrorism by the USA...

Reviews the part played by Hong Kong in the coordination of global efforts against money laundering and terrorist financing; Hong Kong was President of the Financial Action Task Force 2001‐2002. Describes its effective regime to counter money laundering, confiscate tainted wealth through...

Argues that confiscation of criminals’ assets is an effective and justifiable way of depriving them of the proceeds of crimes such as drug trafficking. Describes the challenges facing confiscation and the reasons why there has so far been only modest success in this. Refers to legal cases in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the domestic anti‐money laundering (AML) regime in Russia in its prevention pillar with the aim to test its compliance with the international standards. Design/methodology/approach – The comparative approach is used to analyze domestic...

Purpose – A fundamental element of international anti‐money laundering (AML) systems is the requirement that financial institutions file suspicious transaction reports (STRs) with financial intelligence units. Although the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has established global standards,...