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During the last few decades, corrupt financial practices were
increasingly being monitored in many countries around the globe.
The past few decades have been eventful for these issues. Today,
tackling money laundering and terrorism financing are considered
key issues in developed and developing countries alike. Eradication
of money laundering and terrorism financing through a holistic
approach of awareness, prevention, and enforcement is a current
need. It has enabled the birth of new regulatory regimes based on
strict compliance, robust processes, and technology. One of the
many problems with this is the lack of general awareness about all
these issues among various stakeholders including researchers and
practitioners. Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Global
Financial Systems deepens the discourse about money laundering,
terrorism financing, and risk management in a modern-day
environment. It provides a fascinating and invaluable guide for
understanding the theory, practice, and cases of these topics.
Split into two sections, the first being money laundering and
terrorism financing and the second being financial governance and
risk management, the chapters create comprehensive knowledge on
these acts of crime in the financial industry by defining the
crimes themselves, the many challenges and impacts, and potential
solutions. This book is ideal for government officials, financial
professionals, policymakers, academicians, business professionals,
managers, IT specialists, researchers, and students.
As the digital world assumes an ever-increasing role in the daily
life of the public, opportunities to engage in crimes increase as
well. The consequences of cyber aggression can range from emotional
and psychological distress to death by suicide or homicide. Cyber
Harassment and Policy Reform in the Digital Age: Emerging Research
and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines
cyber aggression and bullying and policy changes to combat this new
form of crime. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such
as anti-bullying programs, cyberstalking, and social exclusion,
this book is geared towards academicians, researchers, policy
makers, and students seeking current research on cyberstalking,
harassment, and bullying.
Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination
with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files.
Examining true crime cases from murders to insurance fraud,
hit-and-runs to kidnappings, every case featured on the show is
solved in large part with the help of forensic science like DNA
evidence. While the original Forensic Files stopped production in
2011 with over 400 original episodes, re-runs now air in 142
countries, not to mention on streaming services, making the show
perfect for binge watchers, daunting for new-comers, and as much a
mainstay as any program in the history of television. But, most of
all, the cases always leave viewers wanting to know more. In
Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping
retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the show along with
fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog,
ForensicFilesNow.com. From classic cases like the Harvard-educated
architect who opted for arsenic instead of divorce, to the Texas
lovebirds who robbed a grave in an insurance fraud plot that made
international headlines, the Ohio doctor who attempted a fresh
start by burying his wife in the basement of their house, and some
cases that are so captivating that they have sparked spinoff
mini-series of their own, readers will be enthralled by these vivid
recaps and detailed updates. Also featuring an in-depth interview
with Forensic Files creator Paul Dowling and a profile on the
show's beloved narrator, Peter Thomas, Forensic Files Now is a
must-read for diehard Forensic Files fans and a welcome find for
true crime readers who are always looking for more riveting and
well-told stories.
As heard on the HOW TO FAIL podcast with Elizabeth Day 'I was
utterly floored by the emotional depth of About A Son - a book that
reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to
be forever changed. It is an unflinching examination of grief, a
painstaking deconstruction of injustice and a dispatch from the
frontiers of the human heart' Elizabeth Day On the evening of
Halloween in 2015, Morgan Hehir was walking with friends close to
Nuneaton town centre when they were viciously attacked by a group
of strangers. Morgan was stabbed, and died hours later in hospital.
He was twenty years old and loved making music with his band, going
to the football with his mates, having a laugh; a talented graffiti
artist who dreamed of moving away and building a life for himself
by the sea. From the moment he heard the news, Morgan's father
Colin Hehir began to keep an extraordinary diary. It became a
record not only of the immediate aftermath of his son's murder, but
also a chronicle of his family's evolving grief, the trial of
Morgan's killers, and his personal fight to unravel the lies,
mistakes and cover-ups that led to a young man with a history of
violence being free to take Morgan's life that night. Inspired by
this diary, About a Son is a unique and deeply moving exploration
of love and loss and a groundbreaking work of creative non-fiction.
Part true crime, part memoir, it tells the story of a shocking
murder, the emotional repercussions, and the failures that enabled
it to take place. It shows how grief affects and changes us, and
asks what justice means if the truth is not heard. It asks what can
be learned, and where we go from here.
"Stephen Senise's... newly published study of the case, offers the
most important clue not just as to whodunit, but why." TIMES OF
ISRAEL "fascinating" - Gareth Williams, editor RIPPEROLOGIST, The
Journal Of Jack The Ripper, East End & Victorian Studies
"remarkable" - APN NEWS & MEDIA, Australia "painstaking
research" - JEWISH CHRONICLE, London Did Jack The Ripper flee
London for the colony of New South Wales at the height of the
world's most notorious serial-murder rampage? Was the deadly attack
on Alice McKenzie in 1889 his last bid in pursuit of what was, not
just a brazen killing spree, but a macabre, politically motivated
publicity stunt? Is it conceivable that a maniac took it upon
himself to try and shut down the flow of Jewish refugees spilling
into London's East End, just as the area was being thrust into the
political spotlight? Journalist Stephen Senise, explores these
questions and the neighbourhoods of old Whitechapel to discover
that by February 1888 community tensions were so high that two
parliamentary select committees of investigation were dispatched to
advise the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the social
and industrial tensions tearing a community apart. Enter an
opportunist hell-bent on broadcasting a hateful message... a
madman, ready to unleash an 'Autumn of Terror'.
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