FEATURES OF COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Venherska ◽  
Ya.V. Udodova ◽  
V.I. Kutsenko
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level

scholarly journals MONEY LAUNDERING RISK ASSESSMENT REGARDING THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tajana Petrović ◽  
◽  
Sonja Cindori ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Creative Accounting ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Illegal Activities

The assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing risks is conducted at the supranational and national level, including risk factors and risk variables. Based on the mentioned, the accounting profession is required to provide risk assessments at the level of obliged entities, which results in suspicious transactions reports. The number of suspicious transactions reported in the Republic of Croatia, as well in the world, is notably small, which speaks in favor of insufficient awareness of the threats posed by such conduct. The susceptibility of the accounting profession to illegal actions through the possibility of adjusting financial statements within the framework of creative accounting is evident, while due to non-compliance with legal regulations, unprofessionalism, and unethical needs, there is a need for forensic accounting. The peculiarities of the accounting profession support its ambiguous role in the detection of money laundering and other illegal activities, however, such measures are always implemented a posteriori.

scholarly journals UPAYA PUSAT PELAPORAN DAN ANALISIS TRANSAKSI KEUANGAN DALAM PENANGGULANGAN TINDAK PIDANA PENCUCIAN UANG

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eko Raharjo
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level ◽  
International Community ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Transaction ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Black List ◽  
The Republic

The issue of crime not only from the public spotlight in the local and national level, but also a serious concern of the international community. One crime that is now often used as a discussion by scholars of law, economics and banking apparatus of government and law enforcement are on the money laundering crime (money laundering), especially with the notion that the Republic of Indonesia is "heaven" for these practices criminal offenses or the crime of money laundering. The legal issues increasingly into the spotlight with the inclusion of the Republic of Indonesia in the black list or black list. Keywords: Center for Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis, Money Laundering

Anti-money laundering – the need for intelligence

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard John Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
National Level ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for predictive intelligence to support anti-money laundering programs in the financial sector. Design/methodology/approach The methodology adopted herein consists of a literature review on the use of intelligence in anti-money laundering, the sources of intelligence and information used in the financial sector, supported by experience gained from investigating and prosecuting money laundering cases, and the assistance provided to financial services companies. Findings Banks and other regulated services are required to meet international standards to deny services to criminals and terrorists, identify suspicious activity and report to the authorities. Regulated businesses have large operations which check customers against sources that confirm their identity or against lists of proscribed or suspected offenders at an individual or national level. Their controls tend to look backwards when other organisations that rely on intelligence, such as the military, value predictive, forward-looking intelligence. The penalties that banks and others face for failure in their controls are increasingly severe, as looking backwards and not forwards reduces the extent to which the controls meet their purpose of reducing the impact of organized crime and terrorism. Originality/value This paper serves as a useful guide to alert and educate anti-money laundering professionals, law enforcement and policy makers of the importance of predictive intelligence in countering organized crime and terrorism. It also considers whether lessons in intelligence handling from other areas can inform a debate on how intelligence can be developed to counter money laundering.

scholarly journals Новите мерки за превенция на изпирането на пари

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-117
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Periodic Changes

New Measures for the Prevention of Money Laundering Money laundering poses serious threats to international and national security. The past three decades have been marked by intense efforts to combat the crime. Prevention measures that engage a wide range of reporting entities have become increasingly important in this re-spect. The need for more effective prevention of money laundering has led to periodic changes in the regulatory framework. The article focuses on the latest measures for money laundering prevention that were introduced with the adoption of two new directives by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in 2015 and 2018 respectively, as well as an entirely new legal framework introduced in Bulgaria in 2018 and its follow-up amendments at the end of 2019. The article analyzes various aspects of the crime and the evolution of the counteracting approaches, highlighting major elements of the most recent measures for the prevention of money laundering on a European level and a national level.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION ONTO THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM OF COMBATING MONEY LOUNDERING

2017 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Stanislav Aleksandrovich Grinyakin
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
National Level ◽  
Recent Decade ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Automatic Information ◽  
Financial Investments ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Working Out

Today, in the context of crisis, many managers of large corporations seek to protect their financial investments by their legalization and further withdrawal into the offshore zone. In the recent decade in many countries the problems of combating economic crimes related to money laundering are solved at the national level. The article highlights the need to improve legislation and strengthen activities in this direction.The authors consider different possible schemes of money laundering, participating of credit and financial institutions in such schemes being a unifying factor. Lack of governmental controls over legality of financial transactions, absence of precise criteria resulted in working out the Multilateral agreement of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on cooperation between the competent authorities on the problems of automatic information exchange, which is the part of OECD Standard about automatic exchange of financial information. Adoption of OESD Standard by Russia leads to increased complexity and insecurity of operations of certain credit and financial organizations, but will make the procedure of provision of account information more transparent eliminating possibility to dodge taxes by money laundering for businesses.

Construction of a System of Risk-Based Control in the Field of Combating the Laundering of Illegal Proceeds on the Basis of an Assessment of Significant Risks

Auditor ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
А. Максутова ◽  
A. Maksutova
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level ◽  
International Experience

In the article the author analyzes the international experience of application of FATF recommendations in the sphere of combating money laundering. Th e objectives of the risk-based approach at the national level are defi ned and the methodology for assessing the risk of laundering illicit proceeds is proposed.

Combating the financing of proliferation: challenges and new tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1107-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian John Stewart ◽  
Andrea Viski ◽  
Jonathan Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
Task Force ◽  
National Level ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Financial Crime ◽  
Task Force Report ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Terrorist Financing

Purpose This paper aims to examine why most governments appear to attach less importance to countering proliferation finance than they do to countering money laundering or terrorist financing. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines this question from a number of perspectives including a definitional perspective, a national regulatory perspective and a private sector implementation perspective. Findings It is shown that there are presently significant gaps in counter proliferation finance implementation at the national level, with follow-on implications for private sector compliance. Research limitations/implications A key finding is that most governments do not address the issue of proliferation finance as distinct from other forms of financial crime such as terrorist financing or money laundering. Practical implications Practical opportunities for improved financial sector implementation of counter proliferation finance controls are identified, but it is argued that it is states that must do more to meet their obligations for improvements to be realised. Social implications The risk of not doing so is that the financial system will continue to be misused to finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Originality/value The study seeks to fill a gap in existing academic literature on the question of why proliferation finance receives less attention than other forms of financial crime. The study builds on original research undertaken by the authors including the typologies of proliferation finance, which were later incorporated into an updated Financial Action Task Force report on this topic, as well as events organised by the authors to explore the topic of proliferation finance implementation with governments and the private sector.

scholarly journals RISK-BASED APPROACH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION LEGISLATION TO PREVENT MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF TERRORISM

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-52
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
National Level ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

Money laundering and terrorism financing are serious and internationally emerging issues that must be approached and confronted at European Union level. The latest terrorist attacks and periodic banking scandals highlight the necessity for additional attention in this particular direction. In regard to the internal EU market, financial flows are integrated and trans-border by nature, thus funds can circulate rapidly, from one country to another, offering the possibility to perpetrators and terrorists to transfer money across Member State avoiding detection by authorities. This specific situation generates the necessity to identify and understand the particular ML/TF risks generated by services and products offered within the EU economic and financial ecosystem. In order to ensure an efficient mechanism for identifying the ML/TF risks associated with the products and services provided on the territory of European Union, the 4AMLD provides the obligation of the EU Commission to perform once in two years the so-called European Union Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Supranational Risk Assessment. Since 2017 two supra-national risk assessments were carried out and the final results are used by Member States to monitor the evolution of risks at Union level and to implement the necessary recommendation for ensuring a proper minimization of threats and vulnerabilities at the national level. This paper aims to analyze, understand and compare the main outcomes of the two assessments, namely the identified risks and their links with vulnerable sectors, as well as the evolution or devolution of certain risks as a result of mitigation measures applied by EU Member States. Another task of this article is to provide additional recommendations in terms of mitigating measures and efforts, which must be taken into account by Member States

scholarly journals International Law Enforcement Cooperation against Money Laundering

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (65) ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
Alina V. Steblianko ◽  
Tamara O. Chernadchuk ◽  
Ivan O. Kravchenko ◽  
Nadiia S. Andriichenko ◽  
Oksana S. Rudanetska
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
National Level ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
Logical Method ◽  
The Law

The purpose of the article is to focus on the need to strengthen the interaction of the law enforcement agencies of various states, highlighting the role of financial institutions in this process, to find optimal ways to improve international cooperation. The study is based on the methods of systemic and critical analysis, as well as a formal logical method. The article confirms that the need to strengthen international cooperation is explained by the existence of certain factors that determine the possibility of money laundering. It has been established that without adequate cooperation between law enforcement agencies and financial institutions at the national level, it is quite difficult to detect crime and prevent money laundering at the initial stage. As a conclusion of the investigation, it is proposed to develop a methodology for the interaction of the law enforcement agencies of several states to counteract money laundering. The results obtained can also become the basis for developing legislative proposals to improve international cooperation in law enforcement and, at the same time, they can be used to increase the efficiency of their anti-money laundering activities.

International regulation of virtual assets under FATF’s new standards

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Georgios Pavlidis
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Task Force ◽  
National Level ◽  
International Regulation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Regulation And Supervision ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
Source Data ◽  
Financial Action Task

Purpose To critically examine two significant developments for the regulation and supervision of virtual assets and virtual assets services providers: the amendment of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation No 15 in October 2018 and the adoption of an Interpretative Note in June 2019. We argue that new FATF standards constitute an appropriate response to money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with virtual assets, but that they must be followed by firm, consistent and effective implementation at the national level. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on reports, legislation, legal scholarship and other open source data in order to examine the new FATF standards on virtual assets. Findings The amendment of the FATF Recommendation No 15 in October 2018 and the adoption of an Interpretative Note in June 2019 have been necessary and opportune to forge a global approach to mitigate money laundering risks associated with crypto-assets. The new FATF standards on crypto-asset activities need to be implemented firmly, effectively and consistency to reduce the risk of jurisdiction-shopping by money launderers and terrorism financiers. Originality/value This is one of the first studies examining two important and recent FATF initiatives, the amendment of the FATF Recommendation No 15 in October 2018 and the adoption of an Interpretative Note in June 2019.

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