27 July 2005

New Book: 'Capital, Payments and Money Laundering in the European Union'

John Handoll
  • Hardcover 250 pages (April 2005)
  • Publisher: Richmond Law & Tax Ltd
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 1904501516
  • Price: £95

  • Synopsis
    This work provides an expert and practical analysis of the Treaty framework governing free movement of capital and payments, covering the definition of capital payments, the prohibition of restrictions on free movement, together with the permitted exceptions, derogations and safeguard measures.

    New Book: 'The Washing Machine: How Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Soils Us'

    Nick Kochan
  • Hardcover 256 pages (May 24, 2005)
  • Publisher: Texere Publishing,US
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 1587991594
  • Price: £13.99 (at Amazon.co.uk)

  • Book Description
    Seasoned investigative journalist and financial expert Nick Kochan takes readers deep inside the world of money laundering — a highly sophisticated, trillion-dollar, global business that poses a serious threat to Western economies. Profiling the perpetrators and the investigators, Kochan gives a mesmerizing inside look, explaining the methods employed by international criminals and terrorists to turn dirty money into untraceable wealth, as well as examining the methods and resources available to the law enforcement agencies in their fight to stop this corrupt financial pipeline. But is it a losing battle? Taking readers deep into the heart of the battle, The Washing Machine reveals that the dual forces of globalization and a lack of true international co-operation are playing directly into the hands of the criminals. In the hands of the author, the sophistication of the laundering schemes become understandable and fascinating, and the characters and stories woven into that explanation are vividly brought to life as they engage in operations on an often mind-blowing scale.

    • With the investigative track record of the author and his financial expertise, The Washing Machine is a fascinating insight into — and explanation of — the murky world of illegal financial dealings and the sometimes heroic attempts to combat them.
    • Money laundering is big business that should concern us all. More than US$25 billion is laundered every year in the U.S. drug industry alone. Add in the global value of smuggled arms, cigarettes, and people and that figure rises to US$2 trillion.
    • Kochan points out that dirty money is not restricted to Mafia-style organized crime but also circulates throughout "legitimate" activities — like business and banking.

    Synopsis
    Finance Under Fire takes the reader deep inside the world of money laundering and shows it to be a highly sophisticated, global business worth trillions of dollars, and one that poses a serious and systemic threat to entire Western economies. Investigative journalist and financial expert Nick Kochan profiles the perpetrators and the investigators, and explains the methods employed by international criminals and terrorists to turn dirty money into untraceable wealth. The effort to stop this sinister financial pipeline is one of the highest profile law enforcement activities in the world at present. But is it a losing battle? Finance Under Fire reveals that the dual forces of globalisation and a lack of true international co-operation are playing directly into the hands of the criminals.

    New Book 'Chasing Dirty Money: The Fight Against Money Laundering'

    Peter Reuter & Edwin M. Truman

  • Paperback 248 pages (June 2005)
  • Publisher: The Institute for International Economics
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0881323705
  • Price: £14.50


  • Synopsis

    National and international efforts to reduce money laundering were originally developed to reduce drug trafficking and have broadened over the years to address many other crimes and, most recently, terrorism. They now constitute a formidable regime applied to financial and nonfinancial institutions and transactions throughout much of the world. In this study, the authors (1) explore what is known about the scale and characteristics of money laundering, (2) describe the current anti-money laundering regime, (3) develop a framework for assessing the effectiveness of the regime, and (4) use that framework to assess how well the current system works and make proposals for its improvement.