Policing and Prosecution of Money Laundering

Book chapter in Valsamis Mitsilegas, Saskia Hufnagel & Anton Moiseienko (eds), Research Handbook on Transnational Crime (Edward Elgar, 2018 Forthcoming)

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018/019

17 Pages Posted: 16 May 2018 Last revised: 29 May 2018

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Simon N. M. Young

The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law

Date Written: May 1, 2018

Abstract

The chapter begins with a brief discussion of the distinctive features of policing and prosecuting the money laundering offence. It then outlines the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s international standards on money laundering and its method of mutual evaluation, particularly after the extension of the methodology to effectiveness assessments in 2013. The focus in this chapter is on the standards of policing and prosecution of money laundering. In the FATF methodology, three outcome standards are directly relevant: the use of financial intelligence, the enforcement of the money laundering offence, and the confiscation of criminal property. After providing an overview of the results in the 48 jurisdictions reviewed for effectiveness thus far, the chapter looks more closely at the evaluations of three jurisdictions obtaining high effectiveness ratings and three jurisdictions obtaining low ratings. From this analysis, a list of relevant considerations is identified. The chapter concludes with some reflections on the future of FATF mutual evaluations.

Keywords: Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime, FATF, Policing and Prosecution, Mutual Evaluation

JEL Classification: K14, K33, O19

Suggested Citation

Young, Simon N. M., Policing and Prosecution of Money Laundering (May 1, 2018). Book chapter in Valsamis Mitsilegas, Saskia Hufnagel & Anton Moiseienko (eds), Research Handbook on Transnational Crime (Edward Elgar, 2018 Forthcoming), University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018/019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3171892

Simon N. M. Young (Contact Author)

The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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