Begins with the Staff Report to the National Commission on Terrorist Attack on the United States, which indicates the methods used to trace, seize and freeze terrorist assets, and the informal methods used by al‐Qaeda to transfer money. Questions the amount of progress made since September 11...

Discusses the history, content and shortcomings of the 2003 Money Laundering Control Act of Taiwan, with two case studies involving money laundering (by the Yeh brother and Mr Chen, and by Mr Tzeng). Begins with the history of money laundering since Taiwan opened its financial markets in 1980,...

Focuses mainly on how China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) monitors cross‐border capital flows and, since 2003, is mandated to combat transnational money laundering. Outlines other legislation since the 1990s which is aimed at preventing money laundering. Discusses the...

Purpose – To report empirical information about the scale of suspicious money movements through solicitors. Design/methodology/approach – Review of selected criminal, civil and disciplinary cases. Findings – The cases disclose at least £240 million moving through solicitors' hands in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to cut through the rhetoric that shrouds Russia's anti‐money laundering regime to uncover the reality that lies beneath. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relies on both primary and secondary sources in Russian and English that deal with the...