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...

Comments on the use of the term “predicate offence”, which is American in origin but has crept into common UK and wider usage; it can be confusing. Traces the origin of the term: a predicate offence is the underlying criminal offence that gave rise to criminal proceeds which are the subject...

Uses the Abacha case to illustrate the difficulties of recovering assets that are the proceeds of grand corruption by politicians and officials who have held high office; in these cases the corruption has reached the scale that the culprits ensure that their gains are put outside the jurisdiction...

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...

Traces the evolution of criminal law against money laundering to the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988, which required member countries to stipulate a domestic offence of concealing drug trafficking proceeds; this was ratified in China and followed...

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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a short history of economic crime in Poland since 1989, the most significant criminal law regulations aimed at controlling this phenomenon and their efficiency and finally to explain the most dangerous threats for the Polish financial system....