Purpose: Current research within law and economics focus on money laundering as an externality problem caused by financial institutions. Thus, when existing research and legislation place the responsibility on financial institutions, it creates a void where it is neglected that clients of...

Purpose: Recent research questions the innocence of companies outside the current EU money laundering regulation in terms of contributing to the externality problem of money laundering. The purpose of this paper is to examine how including anti-money laundering as an element of the EU corporate...

Purpose: Recent research has emphasized the need for engaging non-financial companies in combating money laundering for the efforts to be efficient and effective. To incentivize engagement, several options are available, such as regulation, voluntary disclosure or commitment to international...

Purpose: Recent research and market effects within the European Union (EU) show a rising concern toward the de-risking of certain sectors/actors owing to the increased anti-money laundering regulation. Because of the enhanced due diligence and monitoring costs related to anti-money laundering...

I 1815 skrev Anders Sandøe Ørsted (herefter Ørsted) en artikel angående ejendomsrettens beskyttelse. I kølvandet på den franske revolution og indførslen af Code de Civil opgøret med naturrettens absolutte ejendomsrettighedsbegreb tog Ørsted diskussionen op angående ejendomsrettens...

Purpose: Recent research shows that financial institutions in the European Union (EU) close branches, offices and correspondent connections to jurisdictions with less transparency due to possible sanctions related to the increase in EU money laundering regulation. This tendency is called...

Purpose: Recent research shows that because of money-laundering risks, there has been an increase in the off-boarding of certain types of corporate clients in the financial sector. This phenomenon known as “de-risking” has been argued to have a negative impact on society, because it...

Recent research has proven a correlation between money laundering activities and tax havens. One of the results of which is that multiple financial entities close down their branches or correspondent relations operating in tax haven countries due to the risks of money laundering , especially...

Recent research and market effects within the European Union show a rising concern towards the derisking of certain sectors/actors due to the increased anti-money laundering regulation. Because of the enhanced due diligence and monitoring costs related to anti-money laundering and...

During the last decade, anti-money laundering regulation has escalated within the EU. The goal of this paper is to analyse the extent of the introduced criminal liability for legal persons related to money laundering offences by the sixth EU anti-money laundering directive. The focus of this...