Money Laundering: A New International Law Enforcement Model

Guy Stessens
Universitaire Instellung Antwerpen, Belgium



This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers an extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Stessens portrays money laundering as a new criminal trend threatening both national and international societies which must be addressed multilaterally through banking practice, international conventions and human rights. Most of this volume is devoted to specific legal problems that spring from the international nature of the money laundering phenomenon. It contains a most detailed overview on the rules and practices of international co-operation in the fight against money laundering. The publication gives a thorough examination of the exchange of information, lifting banking secrecy, and seizing and confiscating assets, as well as the jurisdictional questions that inevitably arise in this context. The result is a rich and detailed study of international and comparative law.

• Comparative analysis of international criminal law from the perspectives of co-operation and jurisdiction
• Most detailed overview yet published on the international rules and practices of the fight against money laundering, including how they apply to financial institutions
• Brings into focus the human rights implications of the law on money laundering