Money laundering is the process of converting or transferring cash
or other assets, generated from illegal activity, in order to
conceal or disguise their origins. In recent years, the
international community has decided that focusing on money
laundering is an efficient strategy in policing organized crime
and, now terrorism. To this end, countries are encouraged to
harmonize their policies and legislation and, to some extent, their
policing strategies. Before adopting these new strategies, however,
it is important to understand the extent of money laundering in
different jurisdictions, as well as the likelihood of success and
the costs involved in these anti-laundering strategies.
This new work by Margaret E. Beare and Stephen Schneider brings
empirical evidence to the study of money laundering in Canada - a
topic that has recently assumed an international profile. They
challenge the seemingly common sense notion, fueled by political
posturing and policing rhetoric, that taking the profits away from
criminals is a rational law enforcment strategy. Using data from
police cases, the inner working of financial institutions, and the
'successful' claims of privilege from our legal profession, the
final picture that the authors paint is of a good enforcement
strategy run amuch amid conflicting interests and agendas, an
overly ambitious set of expectations, and an ambiguous body of
evidence as to the strategy's overall merits.
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