Criminal Capital

How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-46376-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3693 g

Criminal Capital is an engaging but authoritative account of how financial structures and products can and are being used to evade proper scrutiny and enable criminal activity and what can be done about it. Based on the analysis of the financial methods that are frequently used by criminals, it deals with the widespread abuse of financial systems.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Platt, S.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Harmful Practices 2. Money Laundering Models 3. Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy 4. Drug Trafficking 5. Bribery and Corruption 6. Piracy 7. Human Trafficking / Smuggling of Migrants 8. Terror Financing 9. Sanctions 10. Tax Evasion 11. Causes and Solutions

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Platt is a highly respected practitioner of financial crime prevention and the conduct of related regulatory investigations. He is an English Barrister and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Over the past 20 years he has been engaged in several high profile matters involving money laundering, corrupt public officials, drug trafficking, terrorism, piracy, proliferation, sanctions, and fraud. Stephen has trained several national and supranational law enforcement and regulatory agencies. He was co-opted by the World Bank into both the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) and the Illicit Financial Flows from Somalian Piracy study. Stephen consults for the regulatory investigation specialists, Stephen Platt Associates LLP.