The volume presents and summarises the proceedings of the high level seminar jointly organised by the Bank of Russia and the Bank for International Settlements in Moscow on 18-20 July 2013 during the G20 meetings. Governors and deputy governors from around 30 BIS shareholder banks participated...

Purpose – This paper compares and contrasts the main reasons of money laundering, sources of dirty funds, and destinations of laundered monies in Iran and the UK. It also aims to study the accounting profession related part of Iran’s and the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML)...

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in West Africa have long contributed to the region’s instability, partly due to their links to regional terrorist organisations such as Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM has directly and indirectly participated in and perpetuated illicit financial...