Money laundering blacklists

List of figuresList of tablesList of abbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I Money laundering risk and determinantsMoney laundering (and illicit financial flows)Money laundering riskDeterminants of money laundering risk across countries: proximity, opacity and securityAvailable measures of money laundering riskMoney laundering blacklists and grey listsOrigin and scope of AML blacklistsThe FATF blacklist and grey listThe United States INCSR listThe European Union AML blacklistBlacklists and sanctionsOther lists of high-risk countriesLists based on judicial investigationsLists based on media investigations: from Panama Papers to FinCEN filesLists based on financial/corporate data analysesLists based on crime data analysesComposite indicatorsLists developed by banks and other obliged entitiesRelations and underlying components of existing risk ratingsSummary: the gaps in existing risk ratings and blacklistsPART IIA new approach to identify countries at high-risk of money launderingRationaleMethodology and operationalisationA practical application: money laundering risk from the perspective of ItalyDiscussion and policy implicationsDiscussionPolicy implicationsLimitations and future research directionsAppendixReferencesIndex