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Discusses Nigeria’s efforts, especially through its Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to meet the … one by A. C. Chukwuemerie. Reviews the related literature and outlines the magnitude of fraudulent activities in Nigeria …
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Five factors are a prerequisite for tourism: Ability to travel and motivation to travel on the demand side, and attractiveness, amenities and accessibility on the side of the destination. Concerning the attractiveness of a destination, the factor weather is of particular importance. Until now,...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the practical and legal challenges and barriers to the development of a private action in antitrust controls and to project those onto a consideration of the development of such rights of action through a case study of Brazil....
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) enforcement procedures pursuant to powers granted by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FMSA”) to impose a variety of sanctions on firms and individuals for breaches of rules under...
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Purpose – To draw lessons learned from recent anti‐money laundering enforcement actions. Design/methodology/approach – After providing a brief introduction to the AML regime, this article reviews the recent high‐profile enforcement actions. The article then examines what compliance...
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Examines the status of regulation and protection of whistleblowers in Australia, focusing on intermediaries and their advisers in financial services. Outlines the ambivalence of the legal system as far as whistleblowers are concerned, and the considerable risks they take, with examples of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Describes transnational terrorist groups in the Asia‐Pacific region. Outlines the general problems facing cooperation within the East Asia and Oceania region because of its huge size and diversity, and explores regional cooperation in dealing with these criminal and terrorist networks; the...
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