Katie Benson

Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime

The Facilitation of Money Laundering and its Control

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Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers' involvement in the facilitation of money laundering, and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138744868
• ISBN-10: 1138744867
• Artikelnr.: 59423982

Autorenporträt

Katie Benson is Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University, where she teaches and researches in the fields of money laundering and organised, white-collar and financial crimes. Her current and recent research focuses on money laundering, anti-money laundering and the legal profession; (anti-)bribery and corruption in multinational businesses; the distribution of counterfeit alcohol; and the development of an alternative framework for the conceptualisation and analysis of money laundering. Dr Benson previously held roles within UK law enforcement and has worked with, or provided advisory/consultancy services to, various government bodies, law enforcement organisations, research institutions and investigations.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction;
2. Money laundering and the anti-money laundering regime;
3. Framing the research: 'organised crime' or 'white-collar crime'?;
4. The nature of 'facilitation': diversity, complexity and context;
5. Opportunity and vulnerability: factors influencing lawyers' involvement
in money laundering;
6. On the 'borders of knowingness': understanding complicity, knowledge and
intent;
7. Knowledge and suspicion in the legislative framework;
8. Criminal justice and regulatory responses to the facilitation of money
laundering;
9. Understanding and controlling the facilitation of money laundering: a
research and policy agenda;
Appendix: convictions, disciplinary proceedings and sanctions;