The Research on Countermeasures Against Money Laundering
| Autor: | Hsieh Chien-Kuo, 謝建國 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 104 The Research on Countermeasures Against Money Laundering Money laundering initially drew international concern for its critical role in the drug trafficking activities. After the incident of 9/11, fighting money laundering has become the main strategy for the world to combat terrorism, since terrorist organizations create their global cash flow by means of laundering. Even more, money laundering fuels various crimes, such as organized crime and corruption, for criminals are taking advantage of the laundering channel to transfer illegally obtained money quickly across international borders. Therefore, the government ought to be seriously aware of the threat that money-laundering poses in. Money laundering has become a final step in almost every criminal activity which generates profits. Money gained from drug-trafficking, human-trafficking, organized crime, financial crimes, corruption or terrorism needs to appear legitimate by concealing the illegal source, so as to develop these crimes till the end. The aforementioned crimes do harm to societies worldwide. Meanwhile, the laundered money encourages these predicate/serious crimes to grow. Hence, this circle of money laundering and its related crimes is never-ending. The government should commit themselves to take bold and decisive actions to combat money-laundering and cut off the cash flow, in order to eliminate the motives behind these crimes. The purposes of this research are as following: to clarify the feature and causes of money laundering, to know the mechanism and evolution of international cooperation, to analyze the types and methods of money-laundering, to point out the challenges of combating Money Laundering, to reinforce the function of law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, and then, to come up with some countermeasures to fight against money laundering. The data collection methods in this research are literature review and in-depth interviews, in order to extensively collect the domestic and international reference, and as well, to collect opinions extensively from practitioners, like prosecutors, police officers, experts/scholars, and executives or senior staff of monetary authorities or banks. According to the results of the in-depth interviews, the research findings are listed as below: ● The types and methods of money-laundering vary greatly and tend to evolve over time. ● The official record shows that the scale of anti-money laundering is apparently low. ● Bureaucratic regulation is highly important but somehow ignored. ● There are many barriers to international cooperation which the government needs to cross. ● Criminal sanction bluffs but is not effective actually. ● The domestic information exchange mechanism should be established as soon as possible. ● Effectiveness will not be achieved until the law is amended soundly. Finally, some recommendations on measures to counter money laundering are as follows: ● Do not hesitate to amend the laws and regulations of countering money laundering. ● A dedicated agency is required for authorities. ● Feedback systems and early warning mechanisms should be developed. ● Make good use of the “The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement On Automatic Exchange Of Financial Account Information” to investigate the cash flow. ● Think about the name that represents us before we return to international organizations. ● Enhance international and informal law enforcement cooperation. |
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