Rethinking money laundering offences: a global comparative analysis

Thesis

Since the late 1980s, efforts made by the international community to deal with the complex and global problem of money laundering have stimulated the creation and definition of the so-called 'international crime of money laundering', which is included in various United Nations and Council of Europe international treaties, as well as European Union Directives. The Central purpose of this thesis is to investigate if the main goal of effectiveness in the adaptation of the international crime of money laundering at the domestic level, might undermine other values that international law is seeking to protect, namely the guarantee of due process and the adequate protection of human rights principles. Then, if the adoption of any element of the crime shows to be inconsistent with civil rights and guarantees, to propose how deficiencies could be remedied.

Authors: Durrieu, R

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: money laundering; human rights; financing of terrorism; security; macroeconomics
• Subjects: Law; Criminal Law ? Jurisprudence; Economics; EU Law; Criminology ? Extra-legal Governance and Organised Crime; Socio-legal studies; Human rights; Financial economics; Political science; Philosophy of law; Criminology ? Security,Rights and Justice; Public international law; Legal philosophy; Comparative Law; Macro and international economics; Sociology; Criminal Law ? Human rights