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UNGER, Brigitte
Money laundering regulation [Documento electrónico] : from Al Capote to Al Qaeda / Brigitte Unger
In: Handbook on the politics of regulation / editor by David Levi-Faur. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011. p. 615-628. Ficheiro de 1,05 MB em formato PDF (15 p.).


BRANQUEAMENTO DE CAPITAIS, FINANCIAMENTO DO TERRORISMO, POLÍTICA CRIMINAL, UNIÃO EUROPEIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS

The characteristics of the problem to be regulated. Victimless crime. No direct effects of laundering. Ambiguous relation between money laundering and terrorism financing. Unknown size of the problem. A global phenomenon. The political economy of money laundering. Lack of private interest for regulating money laundering. Public interest theory of regulation and US interests. The regulatory responses. The reporting system and problems with it. Seeking for alliances and expanding regulation: from the war on drugs to the war on terror. Setting an international standard for money laundering: the forty plus nine recommendations. Enforcement, effectiveness, and legitimacy problems. Instruments to achieve countries' compliance. Some regulatory weakness. Effectiveness. Legitimacy problems. Conclusions. Bibliography.