Yearly revenues from transnational criminal activity account for USD 1 to 1.6 trillion, and a wide variety of methods is employed to transfer those revenues across borders and launder it. The specific type of crime largely determines the choice of methods. Terrorists, for example, use both...

International policy standards in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing are set forth by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations on Anti-money laundering (AML)/Combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) policies. While those standards are very high and...

This report assesses the literature on the inter-relations between the economy and security with particular focus on terrorism and the "human drivers of insecurity" to identify both available knowledge and crucial research gaps. In addition, the report surveys the European research capacity in...

Cash payments are simple, secure, efficient and anonymous and therefore popular with consumers. At the same time, these properties also make cash a focal point for potential illegal uses. An oft-voiced opinion in the public debate is that cash promotes the shadow economy and is used as a means...

In der vergangenen Dekade hat Deutschland den Kampf gegen Schwarzarbeit und Steuerhinterziehung durch zahlreiche Maßnahmen verschärft. Doch sind Steuerhinterziehung und Schwarzarbeit in Deutschland tatsächlich so omnipräsent, wie die Bundesregierung immer wieder glauben machen will? Und wie...