Explains why and how lawyers become involved in money laundering schemes. Describes three recent cases of UK solicitors convicted for money laundering ‐ Denis Jebb, Louis Glatt and Noel Horner ‐ and notes that US lawyers are convicted more often than in the UK; this is possibly because in...

Traces the basis for forfeiture of illicit gains from drug trafficking in Iranian law, with special emphasis on the new Bill of Law on Money Laundering in Iran. Outlines the rules for the confiscation of illegal funds or incomes that do not have all the elements of laundering, according to...

Introduces the status of money laundering control in Ukraine: in 2001 the country was placed on the list of Non‐Cooperative Countries and Territories by the Financial Action Task Force, and the authorities pledged to intensify their enforcement efforts. Outlines the new Criminal Code and its...

Highlights the growth of money laundering in Malaysia and the efforts of the Malaysian government to curb it, including the Anti‐Money Laundering Act 2001; Malaysia was named by the US Pentagon as one of the countries through which terrorist funds pass to become legitimate, and the country...

Examines the Swiss campaign against money laundering, especially: anti‐money laundering rules for non‐bank and non‐insurance financial institutions, the mix of direct and indirect supervision that has been enacted, and relevant new due diligence requirements, in particular those related to...

Outlines the Argentinian Cover‐Up and Laundering of Criminally Derived Property Law; this law punishes not only those actively involved in the offences but those who allow money to be laundered as a result of wrongful omission, fault or negligence, it set up the Financial Services Unit for...