In an era in which the EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has recently turned to the possible creation of a European Public Prosecutor's office. This two-volume work presents the results of a study carried out by a group of European criminal law experts, with the financial support of the EU Commission in 2010-2011, whose aims were to examine in detail current public prosecution systems in the Member States and to scrutinise proposals for a new European office. Volume two presents a draft set of model rules for the procedure of the European Public...
In an era in which the EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has recently turned to the possible creation of a Europe...
In the past few years, criminal justice systems have faced important global challenges in the field of economic and financial crime. The 2008 financial crisis revealed how strongly financial markets and economies are interconnected; it illustrated that misconduct in the economic and financial sectors is often of a systemic nature, with wide-spread consequences for a large number of victims. Continuous technological evolutions and socio-economic developments make the distinction between socially desirable and undesirable behaviour more problematic, with economic and financial misconduct...
In the past few years, criminal justice systems have faced important global challenges in the field of economic and financial crime. The 2008 financia...
The fight against dirty money is not a new topic, nor a recent problem. It has existed within international and national agendas since the 1980s. Nonetheless, the evolving complexity of criminal skills and networks; the increasingly global dimension of crime; the financial crisis; and the alleged unsatisfactory results of the efforts hitherto undertaken cause some questions to be re-posed and re-discussed. This book addresses several issues concerning the reasons, objectives, and scope of national and supranational strategies targeting criminal money, as well as the concrete modalities to...
The fight against dirty money is not a new topic, nor a recent problem. It has existed within international and national agendas since the 1980s. None...
In recent years, criminal justice systems have faced important global challenges in the field of economic and financial crime. The 2008 crisis revealed how strongly financial markets and economies are interconnected and illustrated that misconduct in the economic and financial sectors is often of a systemic nature. The prevention, control and punishment of such crimes is thus confronted with a strong globalisation. Legislators and law enforcers have been searching for adequate responses to combat economic and financial crime by adapting existing policies, norms and practices and by creating...
In recent years, criminal justice systems have faced important global challenges in the field of economic and financial crime. The 2008 crisis reveale...
