This paper aims to assess the effect of corporate governance mechanisms, including board members' and audit committee members' characteristics, particularly their independence, expertise in terms of finance and industry and efforts on the level of fraud and money laundering (ML) in financial...

This book addresses the most widespread forms of financial crime today, namely corporate fraud, corruption, tax fraud, the shadow economy, informal entrepreneurship, money laundering, international informal capital flows, cybercrimes, and cryptocurrency scams. Given the rapid rise of...

Money laundering is one of the most important criminal offences today, perceived in thecontext of economic operation. Nevertheless, money laundering is a constantly changingphenomenon that is also influenced by the latest technological advancements. In this study,our aim is, after briefly...

Digital credit has gained much attention from academic researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. This study empirically evaluates the determinants of digital credit using cross-country data from 2013 to 2019. The conventional ordinary least square regression with fixed effects...

1. What is Money Laundering? -- 2. Methods of Money Laundering -- 3. Federal Regulations -- 4. Building a Quality AML Program for Financial Institutions -- 5. Know Your Customer and Customer Identification Program -- 6. A SAR Is Born -- 7. Money Laundering for Law Enforcement -- 8. International...