Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers Money Laundering and Offshore Banking

Name: Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers Money Laundering and Offshore Banking
Price: 169.18 USD
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ISBN: 9780415526326

ISBN-10: 0415526329

ISBN-13: 9780415526326

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mary Alice Young

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Originally implemented as a necessary tool in the struggle against the drug trade, confiscation has been generally extended to all serious crimes at a global level, but the effectiveness of confiscation in tackling organised crime is undermined by offshore financial centres with strong banking confidentiality laws. Undoubtedly, a main attraction of offshore financial centres is the duty of banks to observe confidentiality. As well as acting as a safe haven for legitimate funds, offshore financial centres also harbour illicit assets; organised criminals will take advantage of strong confidentiality laws to prevent the creation of a paper trail which can be followed by investigators. Thus,…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/28/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.49" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Introduction



Confiscation: Justifications and Competing Interests



International Law



Regional Law



Case Study: The Cayman Islands



Tackling Strong Banking Confidentiality to Strengthen Confiscation



Conclusion