Criminal Capital

Criminal Capital is an engaging but authoritative account of how financial structures and products can and are being used to evade proper scrutiny and enable criminal activity and what can be done about it. Based on the analysis of the financial methods that are frequently used by criminals, it deals with the widespread abuse of financial systems.

The only book to deal authoritatively but accessibly with the widespread abuse of financial systems for criminal ends The book deals with corruption, piracy, terrorist financing, drug dealing, fraud, tax evasion, sanctions busting and arms trading, and how this activity is facilitated through companies, usts, foundations, investment funds, private banks, pensions, insurance policies, offshore systems and more Provides case studies based on real instances in which abuse occurred and suggests ways in which these could have been detected and prevented

Autorentext
Stephen Platt is a highly respected practitioner of financial crime prevention and the conduct of related regulatory investigations. He is an English Barrister and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Over the past 20 years he has been engaged in several high profile matters involving money laundering, corrupt public officials, drug trafficking, terrorism, piracy, proliferation, sanctions, and fraud. Stephen has trained several national and supranational law enforcement and regulatory agencies. He was co-opted by the World Bank into both the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) and the Illicit Financial Flows from Somalian Piracy study. Stephen consults for the regulatory investigation specialists, Stephen Platt Associates LLP.

Inhalt

1. Harmful Practices 2. Money Laundering Models 3. Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy 4. Drug Trafficking 5. Bribery and Corruption 6. Piracy 7. Human Trafficking / Smuggling of Migrants 8. Terror Financing 9. Sanctions 10. Tax Evasion 11. Causes and Solutions