Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime: The Facilitation of Money Laundering and Its Control

ISBN-13: 9781032237138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 218 str.

Katie Benson

Opis

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Spis treści

1. Introduction;

2. Money laundering and the anti-money laundering regime;

3. Framing the research: ‘organised crime’ or ‘white-collar crime’?;

4. The nature of ‘facilitation’: diversity, complexity and context;

5. Opportunity and vulnerability: factors influencing lawyers’ involvement in money laundering;

6. On the ‘borders of knowingness’: understanding complicity, knowledge and intent;

7. Knowledge and suspicion in the legislative framework;

8. Criminal justice and regulatory responses to the facilitation of money laundering;

9. Understanding and controlling the facilitation of money laundering: a research and policy agenda;

Appendix: convictions, disciplinary proceedings and sanctions;

O autorze

Katie Benson is Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University, where she teaches and researches in the fields of money laundering and organised, white-collar and financial crimes. Her current and recent research focuses on money laundering, anti-money laundering and the legal profession; (anti-)bribery and corruption in multinational businesses; the distribution of counterfeit alcohol; and the development of an alternative framework for the conceptualisation and analysis of money laundering. Dr Benson previously held roles within UK law enforcement and has worked with, or provided advisory/consultancy services to, various government bodies, law enforcement organisations, research institutions and investigations.