Explains how the Wolfsberg Principles came about in late 2000, when leading banks met at Wolfsberg castle in Switzerland to improve private banking standards for combating the huge amounts of money being laundered; two further sets of Principles have appeared since the original. Discusses the...

Describes briefly the measures taken by Japan as part of the fight against terrorism; Japan was a founding member of the Financial Action Task Force. Outlines the provisions of the Law for Criminalisation of the Financing of Terrorism, passed in 2002, which criminalises terrorist financing even...

Reviews the part played by Hong Kong in the coordination of global efforts against money laundering and terrorist financing; Hong Kong was President of the Financial Action Task Force 2001‐2002. Describes its effective regime to counter money laundering, confiscate tainted wealth through...

Describes the research methodology used by EEC team studying anti‐money laundering legislation in the five Andean Pact member states: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Focuses on the cooperation between the EEC Central Research Unit and the Local Research Units in the five...

Assesses the approach of London’s city banks towards the UK money laundering regulations, based on interviews with their Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs(; the questions to the MLROs concerned their position in the bank, their attitudes to the regulations, the main benefits and costs...