scholarly journals INSTITUTIONS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AS SUBJECTS OF FIGHT AGAINST FINANCIAL CRIMES

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
Oleksandra Vasylchyshyn ◽  
Olena Sydorovych

The article considers the legislative rights of civil society institutions to interact with the state. The influence of financial crimes on the functioning and development of the state, as well as the possibility of the influence of civil society institutions on the detection and detection of financial crimes has been studied. The activity of the State Financial Monitoring Service on detection and processing of information of risky financial transactions and its cooperation with foreign divisions of financial investigations is described. The most popular countries in which there are entities with a suspicious reputation for financial transactions are identified. It is emphasized that the human and resource potential of civil society institutions will contribute to the detection of money laundering operations. It is also determined that the legalization of criminal proceeds is a financial crime that encroaches on the established procedure for conducting financial transactions, and hence on the interests of the state.

Author(s):  
S. Lieonov ◽  
T. Vasilyeva ◽  
S. Mynenko ◽  
T. Dotsenko

Abstract. The article is devoted to the problems of the development of a system for combating the legalization of income obtained illegally in the context of digitalization of banking activities. The concept of the effectiveness of the anti-money laundering system was considered. The expediency of using the utility approach for modeling the effectiveness of the system for combating money laundering has been determined. The indicator of the effectiveness of the system of combating money laundering was chosen as the share of indictments sent to the court in the total number of criminal offenses for which pre-trial investigation was carried out in the corresponding period. The first alternative of choice — the focus on the development of identifying suspicious financial transactions is characterized by the indicator Share of criminal offenses for which pre-trial investigation was carried out per one transaction report submitted to the State Financial Monitoring Service. The second alternative of choice — the development of innovative technologies, is characterized by the indicator of the Level of digitalization of the economy. The input data are the indicators on the crime rate in Ukraine, the work of the pre-trial investigation bodies, obtained from the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine and the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, suspicious financial transactions and the number of Internet subscribers. On the basis of the calculated autocorrelation coefficients of zero differences and determination of their statistical significance, a nonlinear function of the relationship between mictoramas was selected. Using the Stone-Geary utility function, which for the selected input data took the form of a Cobb-Douglas power function, the degree of response of alternative approaches to improving the effectiveness of the system of combating criminal proceeds was determined. The degree of digitalization of the economy has a high level of elasticity. Therefore, to increase the effectiveness of the system of combating money laundering, it is necessary to develop innovative information technologies in the field of FinTech. Keywords: bank, countering the legalization of criminal proceeds, the utility function of Stone-Geary, the Cobb-Douglas function, the effectiveness of combating the legalization of criminal proceeds, the digitalization of the economy. JEL Classification C49, O17, O33, G21, G14 Formulas: 4; fig.: 5; tabl.: 0; bibl.: 32.


Author(s):  
Maria Perepelytsya

Problem setting. The problem of legalization (laundering) of money and other property acquired by criminal means is of great importance for Ukraine, because the criminalization of the economy is the main threat to the economic security of the state. In order to successfully combat this negative phenomenon, it is necessary to constantly develop and improve the processes of identification and analysis of financial transactions that are the objects of financial monitoring. Detection of such transactions requires clear criteria and indicators that allow you to quickly and accurately identify among the range of financial transactions those related to money laundering. The list of criteria and indicators of suspicion of financial transactions is large and sometimes ambiguous in terms of its interpretation and application. This issues is important because it is about the scope of law, the subjective rights of participants in financial transactions, the ownership of such persons in their assets and the level of trust in entities that provide financial and other services. The purpose of the research is to study the legal norms in the field of establishment and classification of financial monitoring objects – types of financial transactions depending on the criteria and indicators developed by the subjects of state financial monitoring and supplemented by the subjects of primary financial monitoring. Analysis of resent researches and publications. The solution of problems of legal regulation of the national system of financial monitoring in Ukraine (procedures, methods, risks, criteria, indicators etc.) was devoted to the works of such scientists as A. P. Gavrilishyn, I. M. Patyuta, B. M. Surkalo, O. E. Kostyuchenko, K. A. Kryvulya, Zh. I. Dovgan, I. G. Biryukova, V. M. Berizko and others. However, the issue of classifying financial monitoring objects according to the criteria and indicators of suspicion is important and necessary, because it is on such indicators that all activities in the field of financial monitoring are based and the results of such activities depend on their establishment. Article’s main body. The list of criteria and indicators of suspicion of financial transactions and their classification as objects of financial monitoring is quite wide. Their classification according to the relevant criteria is necessary and enshrined in law, which is important to prevent their unrestricted spread. At the same time, the subjects of state financial monitoring at their own discretion, but taking into account the main requirements of the legislation in the field of financial monitoring, develop and establish the grounds for classifying a financial transaction as an object of financial monitoring. In turn, the subjects of primary financial monitoring at their own discretion, but taking into account the rules and subjects of state financial monitoring, supplement, expand and improve this list in order, on the one hand, to prevent the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from illegal by and their entry into the financial system of the state and, on the other hand, compliance with the subjective rights of customers – participants in financial transactions. Conclusions. The article examines the legal norms in the field of establishment and classification of financial monitoring objects – types of financial transactions depending on the criteria and indicators developed by the subjects of state financial monitoring and supplemented by the subjects of primary financial monitoring. It is concluded that the identification of transactions that are the objects of financial monitoring requires clear criteria and indicators that allow you to quickly and accurately identify among the range of financial transactions those related to money laundering. Risk criteria by type of client, by geographical basis, by type of service (product), by service supply channel (product) are considered. Differentiated indicators of suspicion of financial transactions into indicators related to the activities or behavior of the client, indicators related to the financial operations of the client and indicators for different types of products (services). It is emphasized that the problem of defining clear and standard types of criteria and indicators of financial transactions is important and relevant in the current relations in the field of financial monitoring between the state and the participants of the respective financial transactions.


2020 ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
O.M. Reznik ◽  
A.A. Bertsyukh

The article is devoted to the formulation of the author’s definition of the concept of interaction of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine with law enforcement agencies to combat money laundering, followed by the definition of the peculiarities of such interaction. The relevance of the proposed article is due to the high level of financial and economic crime, at which the laundering of criminal proceeds causes significant damage to the economy. Accordingly, this state of affairs necessitates the joint efforts of different actors in the fight against this negative phenomenon. It is noted that the category of “interaction” is used in various fields of scientific knowledge, while from the point of view of law this category is most often studied by scientists in the field of criminology, criminal procedure, criminology and operational and investigative activities. Signs of interaction are defined. The interpretation of the financial intelligence unit is considered, as the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine was created as such a unit. The content of the concept of “law enforcement agencies” is revealed by analyzing the legislative and doctrinal definitions, as well as clarifying which tasks-functions certify the law enforcement nature of the activity and allows to refer a body to the category of law enforcement. The author’s vision of the category “law enforcement agencies” is given. The essential signs of legalization of criminal proceeds are singled out. It is established that at the doctrinal level money laundering can be considered in material, procedural, economic and legal aspects. It is concluded that the interaction of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine with law enforcement agencies to combat money laundering means regulated and agreed under a number of conditions the activities of these entities, which are independent of each other, which is carried out using special methods and carried out in specific forms, in order to counteract the granting of lawful possession, use or disposal of proceeds of crime. Peculiarities of interaction in the context of the researched question are singled out.


Author(s):  
Tetiana Chasova

The scientific article analyzes the conduct of financial monitoring during the investigation of economic crimes. The position ofscientists on the definition of financial monitoring and its role in the formation of economic security of the state is studied. The mainstatements of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention and Counteraction to Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, Financingof Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” on financial monitoring and standards of the Group for Developmentof Financial Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (FAT) and European Union Directive 2015/849 “On theprevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing”.Ensuring the economic security of the state is possible provided that the fight against legalization (laundering) of proceeds fromcrime. Economic crimes undermine the economic and financial system of the state, encroach on the legitimate interests of individuals.Financial monitoring is a form of financial control and its conduct as part of a criminal investigation and is a means of proof.The problem of legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime in recent years has become particularly important because itthreatens the economic security of the country. That is why the state implements measures of enhanced control in this matter throughlegal regulation of financial monitoring. The purpose of criminal proceedings is to resolve controversial issues, including the appropriatefinancial monitoring of suspicious activities related to money laundering.The financial monitoring system covers all financial service providers and determines that there should be cooperation in resol -ving issues related to the legalization of proceeds from crime. The issue of the use of financial monitoring in criminal proceedings hasbeen studied by researchers and practitioners, but many issues remain unresolved.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garaschenko A.A. ◽  
Nasonov E.V. ◽  
Leonov P.Y.

The problem of money-laundering is still valid in the Russian Federation. With the increasing role of the State in the economy, this question becomes particularly significant. Of course, monitoring of the funds movement plays a significant role, in particular, for companies, recipients of budgetary funds, including providers of the State Defense order (GOZ).To date, there is no generally accepted method, which would allow a high degree of probability to identify signs of money laundering.This article first describes how to detect signs of money-laundering on the basis of a comparison of the data of financial statements with bank operations data.Elaborated process was tested on the example of relevant data of thirty businesses complying with orders under the contracts with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in 2013.On the basis of the obtained results recommendations for the improvement of the elaborated process were formulated and the scope of its possible use was identified. Keywords: money laundering, the process approach, fraud, financial reporting 


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-387
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yamen ◽  
Anas Al Qudah ◽  
Ahmed Badawi ◽  
Ahmed Bani-Mustafa

Purpose Despite the existence of laws, regulations and sanctions, financial crime remains widespread. The Panama leaks have proven that people from all over the world are participating in money laundering and other financial crimes. This study aims to investigate the influence of national culture on financial crimes across 78 countries. Design/methodology/approach This study uses Hofstede’s cultural framework as a basis for its hypotheses on financial crime. It also uses the Basel anti-money laundering index as a proxy for measuring the incidence of financial crime across the countries under review. Findings The findings show that countries whose cultural profiles are characterized by low uncertainty avoidance, low individualism, high masculinity and low long-term orientation have high rates of financial crime. The finding also shows that countries whose cultural profiles are characterized by individualism or positive collectivism, uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation have low rates of financial crime. Originality/value Laws, regulations and sanctions are not the only factors that can help deter the crime; governments should also take a holistic approach that includes the cultural factors that encourage deterrence.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
V. V. Sergunina

The article considers the foreign experience of functioning and application of the mechanism for accounting and analysis of information about risks contained in reports on suspicious transactions for the purpose of its further application in Russian conditions. The relevance is due to the need to improve the system for recording and analyzing information about risks contained in reports on suspicious transactions transmitted to in Rosfinmonitoring. Due to the involvement of noncredit nonfinancial organizations in the process of countering the proceeds of crime, the financing of ter- rorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the number of incoming reports to the Federal financial monitoring service is only increasing. All messages received are evaluated to determine whether they are suspicious or not. However, as the number of messages increases, the existing mechanism becomes less effective, and it needs to be updated and refined.The analysis of foreign experience was carried out on the basis of methods of theoretical and practical analysis, system analysis, comparison and classification methods. The methodology combines a review of the literature, analysis of research results of scientific specialists to comprehensively cover the goal.The study revealed that the analysis of suspicious transaction reports is used to assess the application of the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism regime, the level of risk awareness and compliance with risk management strategies. Under Anti-Money Laundering / Combating the Financing of Terrorism, it is useful to consider best practices to develop a mechanism for recording and analyzing risk information contained in suspicious transaction reports submitted to the Federal financial monitoring service.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Amara ◽  
Hichem Khlif

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between the financial crime and tax evasion and tests whether corruption moderates such a relationship. Design/methodology/approach Tax evasion measure is based on Schneider et al. (2010). Financial crime is collected from Basel anti-money laundering (AML) report. Findings Using a sample of 120 countries, the authors find that the level of financial crime is positively associated with tax evasion. When testing for the moderating effect of corruption, they document that the positive relationship between financial crime and tax evasion is more pronounced for high corrupt environments. Originality/value The findings have policy implications for governments aiming to combat tax evasion and financial crimes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-406
Author(s):  
Lucas Maragno ◽  
José Alonso Borba

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of key points pertaining to financial crimes taking place during the single largest fraud scandal in Brazilian history. The authors provide details on how the historic fraud was carried out at Petrobras, as well as an overview of recent anti-money laundering regulation in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an analysis of the scandal and on legal ramifications enacted by the prevailing Public Ministry taking place through the “Lava Jato” operation. Findings Fraud perpetrators continue to find new ways to move laundered money into campaign finance. The authors provide details on how the scheme was perpetrated at the placement, layering and integration stages. Research limitations/implications This study comprehends the first stage of the Federal Police’s operation, comprising 14 allegations of financial crimes. Practical implications A disconnect between regulations in effect and the reality of money laundering in Brazil over several years has failed to impede numerous cases of fraud. However, changes in legislation have allowed state agents to discover cases of fraud, with more and more wrongdoings being investigated. Originality/value The Petrobras fraud, individual experiences of organized financial crime and a widespread lack of understanding of how to detect and prevent fraud on this scale.


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