Outlines the special recommendations of the October 2001 meeting on terrorist financing, which complement the 40 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the resulting FATF plan of action; they included ratification and implementation of UN instruments, criminalising the...

Describes the Wolfsberg Principles, which are essentially global anti‐money laundering guidelines for private banking only, and were drafted by 11 banks: Citibank, Morgan, Chase, HSBC, Barclays, Banco Santander Central Hispano, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank, ABM AMRO, Credit Suisse, and UBS....

Focuses on Guernsey’s financial services industry as an example of a financial intermediary: this includes banks, fund managers, investment advisers, insurance brokers, companies and managers, and fiduciaries like company directors, company service providers and trustees. Describes the...

Reviews past developments in information sharing for securities regulation, including cases where the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated investigations into suspicious insider trading in US markets through accounts located outside the USA: the St Joe case, and SEC v Wang & Lee....

Defines terrorism and the problems of agreeing on a definition, citing the Finance of Terrorism Convention, which essentially equates terrorism with politically motivated violence. Extends the emphasis on semantics to describing what it means to “finance” terrorism, again citing the Finance...

Reports some recent activities within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which aim to strengthen defences against international economic crime, focusing on offshore financial centres (OFCs) and including cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force. Covers...

Describes the European Union Savings Tax Directive (EUSTD), the latest initiative in a series since the issue of global taxation within the EU emerged in 1996. Traces the EUSTD’s genesis and the reason for its inception: this was to minimise the loss of tax revenues in some member countries by...

Emphasises the global nature of the challenges posed by terrorism, economic crime and subversion; because of this, national law enforcement needs to be aided by regional and international agreements. Mentions the UK’s Crime (International Cooperation) Bill, which will make it easier to...

Focuses on the need to exploit modern technology to fight crime, remembering that information is only data until it is shared ‐ and it needs to be shared quickly and globally. Describes the RECOL initiative of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; its objective is to give citizens a single entry...

Describes how important the financial sector is in Switzerland, contributing 14% to GDP, while Swiss banks have around 33% of the international asset management market; this makes the country highly exposed to instabilities and to misuse of financial institutions by terrorists. Outlines the...