Money laundering—a global obstacle

One of the biggest obstacles to maintaining an effective operating international financial system is money laundering. A global phenomenon and international challenge, money laundering is a financial crime that often involves a complex series of transactions and numerous financial institutions across many foreign jurisdictions. In addition, money laundering is also extremely difficult to investigate and prosecute. In this paper, I present a clinical examination of the money laundering process, the international extent of the problem and global efforts to introduce anti-money laundering measures and regulation in recent years.     

客户尽职调查国际标准的基本要素与我国的实施策略

客户尽职调查作为反洗钱国际标准中预防措施的基本要求,已日益受到监管部门和金融机构的高度重视。我国也于近期在金融机构中实施完全按照国际标准要求制定的客户尽职调查管理办法。本文根据最新的文献资料．系统地介绍了国际组织和发达国家客户尽职调查要求的基本要素,对客户尽职调查涵义、要求、方法等进行了阐释．并结合我国的相关实践做了一些政策性讨论。     

房地产行业洗钱行为分析及监测

洗钱活动逐渐从金融机构向其他领域蔓延,房地产行业已成为洗钱的高发地。对比房地产行业洗钱的两大主体——腐败的公职人员和以民营企业家为代表的非公职人员的洗钱行为,结果表明:腐败的公职人员注重安全效用,常常通过能在短时间内利用他人名义的房地产交易活动洗钱,具有较强的隐蔽性;非公职人员则注重收益最大化,主要通过将非法资金注入企业经营,虚假报账,具有较强的欺骗性。     

关于大额和可疑金融交易报告项目实施的思考

反洗钱项目的主要工作之一是要从大额和可疑金融交易信息中辨别可能隐藏着洗钱犯罪交易的线索,从而在资金交易领域筑起洗钱犯罪的屏障。文章详细介绍了美国反洗钱项目实施中的大额和可疑交易报告制度的基本做法,在分析国内外可疑交易报告项目实施的现状和我国可疑交易报告项目实施中存在问题的基础上,就美国的大额和可疑交易报告制度对我国的启示提出浅见,希望对我国大额和可疑交易报告制度的项目实施有所裨益。     

金融法制建设中的刑法突破——以网络洗钱为视角

随着我国金融市场建设和网上金融服务的不断发展,网络洗钱犯罪随之而来,并呈现出不断扩大的趋势。刑法在面对这种新型犯罪时表现出滞后性,未能及时、科学、有效地打击金融犯罪。以网络洗钱为视角,以金融法制建设的刑法功能理论为依据,研究打击网络洗钱犯罪的刑法规制和突破点,即完善其刑事立法及刑事司法制度并建立预防犯罪机制,提高刑法及时性与震慑力来预防与惩治网络洗钱犯罪。     

模糊聚类分析在金融机构洗钱风险评估中的应用

聚类分析是数理统计中的一种分析方法，是用数学方法定量地确定样本的亲疏关系，从而客观地进行分类。本文主要以模糊聚类分析在金融机构洗钱风险评估中的应用进行实例研究，对聚类的结果进行了分析，并提出了建议措施。     

保险洗钱的形式演进:成因与对策

在银行业不断加大反洗钱力度的情况下,洗钱者开始将保险作为其新的洗钱工具。经过全行业的共同努力,我国保险业反洗钱已经取得了很大的成绩。但由于市场不成熟、法制不健全、政府官员和国有企业领导缺乏监督及国有资产所有者缺位等原因,保险业反洗钱的形势依然很严峻。保险业应完善规章制度,出台实施办法,搭建信息平台,健全组织体系,完善激励机制,开展国际合作,形成完整的反洗钱网络,使保险业免受洗钱侵蚀。     

基层央行反洗钱职责履行中的重点与难点

履行反洗钱监管职责是央行的重点工作之一。对于直接担负反洗钱监管职责的基层央行来说,如何有效地把握工作重点和克服难点,是做好反洗钱工作的关键。本文从反洗钱实践角度出发,对基层央行反洗钱职责履行中的重点和难点进行了分析,并在此基础上提出了相应的对策建议。     

Countering money laundering and terrorist financing: A case for bitcoin regulation

Bitcoin was created in 2008 to serve as an alternative payment mechanism for both the under-banked and un-banked, or those in regions where the formal financial system suffers from broad corruption and efficient regulation. However, criminals and terrorists quickly exploited Bitcoin's unique properties, namely its peer-to-peer nature and pseudo-anonymity, to facilitate extensive terrorist financing and money laundering schemes. Government reactions to safeguard national security interests have been extremely varied, ranging from outright bans to passive tolerance. This inconsistency stems from how to effectively classify Bitcoin. On one side are those who argue Bitcoin is a currency, and on the other are those who claim it is a type of asset. In the US alone, these discrepancies have led to a bureaucratic turf war between different regulatory bodies, namely the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Commodity Futures Trading Association, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service. This study seeks to move beyond the existing legal frameworks, arguing that Bitcoin should be classified as a technology and regulation should rest with private sector technology companies.