Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering

Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering
Author: James R. Richards
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1998-10-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781420048728

WRITTEN BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL FOR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE TRENCHES This book examines the workings of organized criminals and criminal groups that transcend national boundaries. Discussions include methods used by criminal groups to internationally launder money; law enforcement efforts to counteract such schemes; and new methods and tactics to counteract transnational money laundering. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO FACETS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND MEASURES TO COMBAT THEM Intended for law enforcement personnel, bank compliance officers, financial investigators, criminal defense attorneys, and anyone interested in learning about the basic concepts of international crime and money laundering, this timely text explains: money laundering terms and phrases an overview of relevant federal agencies, transnational criminal organizations, and basic investigatory techniques the intricacies of wire transfers and cyberbanking the phenomenon of the "World Wide Web"

Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice

Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice
Author: Dan Jasinski
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000842207

Organised crime and financial crime are pressing global problems, increasingly recognised as policy priorities both by national governments and international bodies and corporations. This proudly interdisciplinary collection is built on the premise that these topics are too often artificially separated, both in scholarship and the classroom. Bringing together scholars from law, the social sciences, and the humanities, this book showcases a diverse range of perspectives on these complex and compelling global issues, and the criminal justice challenges that they pose. The themes discussed include legal theory and procedure; regulation and enforcement; prevention and punishment; media representation and perception. Readers are encouraged to think outside traditional disciplinary bounds and form their own connections and conclusions inspired by the juxtaposition of perspectives rarely seen together in the same volume.

Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime

Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime
Author: Katie Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020-04-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351717235

The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is based on qualitative research combining analysis of cases of lawyers convicted of money laundering offences with interviews with criminal justice practitioners, members of professional and regulatory bodies and practising solicitors, and analysis of relevant national and international legislative and regulatory frameworks. The book demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of lawyers’ involvement in laundering activity, and shows that their actions and the decisions they take must be understood in relation to the specific situational contexts in which they occur. It provides significant new insights into the criminal justice and regulatory response to professional facilitation of money laundering in the UK, raising questions about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the response and the challenges involved. The book develops a framework for future research and analysis in this area, and proposes a range of potential strategies for controlling the facilitation of money laundering. Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime is essential reading for those researching money laundering, white-collar crime or organised crime, and for practitioners and policy makers concerned with preventing the facilitation of money laundering.

The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime

The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime
Author: Letizia Paoli
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 713
Release: 2014
Genre: Law
ISBN: 019973044X

This handbook explores organized crime, which it divides into two main concepts and types: the first is a set of stable organizations illegal per se or whose members systematically engage in crime, and the second is a set of serious criminal activities that are typically carried out for monetary gain.

Big Money Crime

Big Money Crime
Author: Kitty Calavita
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999-05-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520219473

An in-depth scrutiny into the American savings and loan financial crisis in the 1980s. The authors come to conclusions about the deliberate nature of this financial fraud and the leniency of the criminal justice system on these 'Gucci-clad white-collar criminals'.

Organized Crime and International Criminal Law

Organized Crime and International Criminal Law
Author: Kathrin Strobel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2021-08-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004462589

This book presents the first comprehensive study of international criminal jurisdiction over organized crime and demonstrates the potential of international law to bring leaders of cartels and trafficking rings to justice.

Critical Reflections on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering and Corruption

Critical Reflections on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering and Corruption
Author: Margaret E. Beare
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802081902

Contributors offer a wide range of challenges to commonly-held views on transnational crime and approaches to fighting it, suggesting that current international policies follow an American model that exaggerates its threat out of proportion.

Illegal Entrepreneurship, Organized Crime and Social Control

Illegal Entrepreneurship, Organized Crime and Social Control
Author: Georgios A. Antonopoulos
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319316087

This book covers organized crime groups, empirical studies of organized crime, criminal finances and money laundering, and crime prevention, gathering some of the most authoritative and well-known scholars in the field. The contributions to this book are new chapters written in honor of Professor Dick Hobbs, on the occasion of his retirement. They reflect his powerful influence on the study of organized crime, offering a novel perspective that located organized crime in its socio-economic context, studied through prolonged ethnographic engagement. Professor Hobbs has influenced a generation of criminology researchers engaged in studying organized crime groups, and this work provides a both a look back and this influence and directions for future research. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with a focus on organized crime and financial crime, as well as those interested in corruption, crime prevention, and applications of ethnographic methods.

International Law and Transnational Organised Crime

International Law and Transnational Organised Crime
Author: Pierre Hauck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191053481

Since the end of the Cold War, states have become increasingly engaged in the suppression of transnational organised crime. The existence of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its Protocols demonstrates the necessity to comprehend this subject in a systematic way. Synthesizing the various sources of law that form this area of growing academic and practical importance, International Law and Transnational Organised Crime provides readers with a thorough understanding of the key concepts and legal instruments in international law governing transnational organised crime. The volume analyses transnational organised crime in consideration of the most relevant subareas of international law, such as international human rights and the law of armed conflict. Written by internationally recognized scholars in international and criminal law as well as respected high-level practitioners, this book is a useful tool for lawyers, public agents, and academics seeking straightforward and comprehensive access to a complex and significant topic.

The Disruption of International Organised Crime

The Disruption of International Organised Crime
Author: Angela Veng Mei Leong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 131703550X

Analyzing the structures of transnational organized crime, this book considers whether traditional mechanisms and national jurisdictions can tackle this increasing menace. Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses in the present methods of control, the book discusses the possibilities of developing more effective national and international strategies, the creation of non-legal mechanisms outside the traditional criminal justice system and the implications of 'disruption strategies'. The roles of law enforcement officers, tax investigators, financial intelligence officers, compliance officers, lawyers and accountants - in enforcing both civil and criminal sanctions on organized crime - are also considered.