Money Laundering Counter-Measures in the European Union - A New Paradigm of Security Governance versus Fundamental Legal Principles (Hardcover)

The past fifteen years witnessed the emergence globally of a plethora of legislative measures aimed at countering money laundering. These developments have been inextricably linked with the growing international focus on newly perceived and/or prioritized global security threats such as organized crime and terrorism with money laundering counter-measures deemed essential to counter these threats. Taking these developments into account, this book examines in detail the evolution and content of money laundering counter-measures in the European Union. These measures constitute a new paradigm of security governance, achieved through three principal methods: criminalization, consisting in the emergence of new criminal offences; responsibilisation, consisting in the mobilization of the private sector to co-operate with the authorities in the fight against money laundering; and the emphasis on the administration of knowledge, through the establishment of new institutions, the financial intelligence units, with extensive powers to administer a wide range of information provided by the private sector. This paradigm may pose significant challenges to fundamental legal principles and to well-established social structures and the book attempts to address this balance. This up-to-date analysis includes the provisions of the new EU money-laundering Directive which was formally adopted in December 2001.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Law International
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	2003
First published:	August 2003
Authors:	Valsamis Mitsilegas
Dimensions:	166 x 241 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-90-411-2131-8
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Financial law > General
LSN:	90-411-2131-5
Barcode:	9789041121318

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