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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"anti-money laundering"”.
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Challenges faced by local financial institutions in implementing anti-money laundering policies and procedures
… local financial institutions when carrying out Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies and procedures. The research outlined the aspects which pose the greatest challenge to practitioners in this field. Moreover, the study will determine how such problems are dealt with and what kinds of measures …
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The impact of anti-money laundering legislation on the legal profession in South Africa
… Africa to combat the implication of lawyers in money laundering schemes. Criminals make use of sophisticated technological means to transfer money and launderers routinely approach lawyers to assist them in their illegal endeavours. The legal profession is almost tailor-made for abuse by …
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Assessment of the Adherence and Effectiveness of Anti Money Laundering Regulations Among Banking Institutions in Tanzania
… an assessment of adherence and effective of the anti money laundering regulations among banking institutions on Tanzania. Both primary and secondary data collection tools were used in the course of conducting this study, for example questionnaires, interviews and documentations. A sample of about …
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The Financial Action Task Force recommendations on anti-money laundering: a case study of East African banks
Much have been written in the past regarding money laundering and its characteristics and its impact to the global economy. Nevertheless, minimum attention has been paid to how dimensions of money laundering, national and institutional culture, and financial infrastructure have caused a major …
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The Myth of Paradise: A Reappraisal of Commonwealth Caribbean States' Sovereignty and Development Sustainability within the Transnational Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Legal Order
… the transnational legal order for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation (TAMLO). Adopting a Constructivist epistemological lens, the study historicises and deconstructs these hegemonic discursive practices since the 1980s. It critiques how powerful policy …
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Enhancing Transaction Monitoring Controls to Detect Money Laundering Using Machine Learning
Money laundering poses a significant threat to global financial systems, with estimates sug- gesting that 2-5% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is laundered annually. Despite the pivotal role of financial institutions in combating these illicit activities through anti-money laundering …
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Regulating a pseudonym: Namibia's regulatory response to cross-border Cryptocurrency transactions
… Recommendations to extend the obligations of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism to cryptocurrency service providers and users. In turn, jurisdictions such as the European Union have amended their anti-money laundering laws to give the Recommendations effect. …
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Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America: Implications For U.S. National Security
… multilateral intelligence cooperation and anti-money laundering (AML) operations, as well as increasing the presence of Threat Finance Units and the development of a plan of action; i.e., actively following through on the enumerated White House anti-TCO strategy. The threats posed by …
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International monetary flows of non-declared origin
… than by large financial transfers; and that anti-money laundering provisions are misapplied, taken too far, too expensive, and incapable of demonstrating their effectiveness. In lieu of more traditional policy recommendations, the thesis develops a complexity-theory based intelligence …
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Developing a quality score methodology for financial reporting
Money laundering is a huge problem that is faced by financial institutions and banks are mandated by the government to have strict policies and procedures towards anti-money laundering reporting. The outcome of a complex investigation process is a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) which is used by …
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Accounting and Money Laundering
This study sheds light on some aspects of money laundering and the role of accounting by examining how does money laundering persist and continue to increase or go undetected for extended periods of time given the institutional settings of increasing regulation, increasing monitoring and control …
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The Treasury of Stories: Policy Narratives of Anti-Illicit Finance
… non-traditional approaches in the Treasury’s anti-illicit finance repertoire: targeted financial sanctions (a case of <em>strong</em> policy action), anti-money laundering in real estate (a case of <em>tentative</em> policy action), and the proposed demonetization of high denomination notes (a …
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Rethinking the meaning of a politically exposed person to promote substantive compliance of the financial action task force standards
… of PEPs to improve countries' abilities to substantially comply with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. The dissertation observes that the current definition of PEPs is deemed too narrow, thereby hindering substantial compliance with the FATF standards. It highlights the need to …
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Cryptocurrency Legislation : a critical review
… potential illegal activities such as fraud and money laundering. This led governments world-wide to start planning and creating some forms of regulation and legislation for this virtual currency to limit abuse and to control this activity, which usually bypasses regulated banks, financial firms, …
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Legal responses to international terrorism : current framework under Maltese law.
… A brief chronological study of local anti-terrorism legislation is carried out together with a discussion on its inadequacies and the issue of why it is required to expressly criminalise terrorist attacks. The Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill currently in the Parliamentary Committee …
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Is the reporting obligation of attorneys in terms of section 29 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 a myth or a reality?
… terminology such as the proceeds of crime and money laundering is explained. Global best practice anti-money laundering guidelines, as manifested in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, are evaluated as well as typologies related to attorneys as targets for money laundering …
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Regulatory Transgression? Drivers, Aims and Effects of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Regulation in Pakistan
The harmonization of money laundering and terrorism financing regulation is a key feature of the contemporary global economy. Since 9/11 particularly, the remarkable growth of this field of regulation has been characterized by both scale and intensity. However, this drive towards regulatory …
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Trade based money laundering: exploring the implications for international banks
… thesis was written on the topic of Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) and risk assessment, within the banking context. Despite the increased use of TBML, most academic descriptions of money laundering have used the cash based model of placement and integration of large cash deposits acquired …
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