Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

East meets West in anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist finance: policy dialogue and differentiation on security, the timber trade and "alternative" banking

Dorn, Nicholas and Levi, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-2882 2007. East meets West in anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist finance: policy dialogue and differentiation on security, the timber trade and "alternative" banking. Asian Journal of Criminology 3 (1) , pp. 91-110. 10.1007/s11417-007-9041-0

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

This paper compares and contrasts South East Asian and European Union countries' perceptions of the priorities for anti money laundering (AML) and anti terrorist finance (ATF) in relation to three industries: security goods and services; the timber trade; and 'informal' value transfer and banking services. It might be expected that all countries would equally support each of these aspects of AML/ATF policies, without differentiating between the industries generating the proceeds. As this paper will show, however, historical experiences, contemporary political relations and patterns of trade shape countries' approaches, resulting in distinctive enthusiasms and reservations. In a nutshell, the EU points most strongly to products and services originating in Asia as posing AML/CTF risks, and locates primary responsibility for monitoring and control as falling within Asia - a projection of risk and responsibility that is reciprocated by Asian countries. Asian countries perceive a need for tighter control of dangerous products exported by the west, for example, small arms and light weapons, and of related money laundering circuits. Asian and European policy makers increasingly articulate concerns over illegal logging and related laundering, however European importers and their governments see responsibilities for this as falling primarily within Asia. Finally, the EU (like the US) perceives high levels of laundering risk in 'informal' value transfer/banking services, in which Asian-run businesses have a global competitive advantage. For the future, as the international balance of trade shifts, and as Asia increases its influence in international fora including those concerned with AML/CTF, so the region's policy preferences may be expected to carry more weight.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Uncontrolled Keywords: alternative money remittance systems; European Union; illegal logging and timber trade; money laundering; policies and regulation; security at sea; South East Asia; terrorist finance; trade in small arms
Publisher: Social Science Electronic Publishing
ISSN: 1871-0131
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2022 08:50
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19253

Citation Data

Cited 3 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item