Author: U S Department of State Publisher: ISBN: 9781686208683 Category : Languages : en Pages : 182
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Volume 2 of the 2019 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (March 2019 issuance) the section of the INCSR that reports on money laundering and country efforts to address it. The statute defines a "major money laundering country" as one "whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking". The determination is derived from the list of countries included in INCSR Volume I (which focuses on narcotics) and other countries proposed by U.S. government experts based on indicia of significant drug-related money laundering activities. Given money laundering activity trends, the activities of non-financial businesses and professions or other value transfer systems are given due consideration. Inclusion in Volume II is not an indication that a jurisdiction is not making strong efforts to combat money laundering or that it has not fully met relevant international standards. The INCSR is not a "black list" of jurisdictions, nor are there sanctions associated with it. The U.S. Department of State regularly reaches out to counterparts to request updates on money laundering and AML efforts, and it welcomes information.1. Legislative Basis and Methodology for the INCSR * 2. Overview * 3. Training Activities * 4. Comparative Table * 5. Countries - Afghanistan * Albania * Algeria * Antigua and Barbuda * Argentina * Armenia * Aruba * Azerbaijan * Bahamas * Barbados * Belgium * Belize * Benin * Bolivia * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Brazil * British Virgin Islands * Burma * Cabo Verde * Canada * Cayman Islands * China, People's Republic of * Colombia * Costa Rica * Cuba * Curacao * Cyprus * Dominica * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * El Salvador * Georgia * Ghana * Guatemala * Guyana * Haiti * Honduras * Hong Kong * India * Indonesia * Iran * Italy * Jamaica * Kazakhstan * Kenya * Laos * Liberia * Macau * Malaysia * Mexico * Morocco * Mozambique * Netherlands * Nicaragua * Nigeria * Pakistan * Panama * Paraguay * Peru * Philippines * Russian Federation * St. Kitts and Nevis * St. Lucia * St. Vincent and the Grenadines * Senegal * Serbia * Sint Maarten * Spain * Suriname * Tajikistan * Tanzania * Thailand * Trinidad and Tobago * Turkey * Ukraine * United Arab Emirates * United Kingdom * Uzbekistan * Venezuela * VietnamMoney laundering, both at the country and multilateral levels, remains a significant crime issue despite robust, multifaceted efforts to address it. While arriving at a precise figure for the amount of criminal proceeds laundered is impossible, some studies by relevant international organizations estimate it may constitute 2-5 percent of global GDP. It is a seemingly ubiquitous criminal phenomenon: money laundering facilitates many other crimes and has become an indispensable tool of drug traffickers, transnational criminal organizations, and terrorist groups around the world. Its nefarious impact is considerable: it contributes to the breakdown of the rule of law, corruption of public officials, and destabilization of economies, and it threatens political stability, democracy, and free markets around the globe. For these reasons, the development and implementation of effective AML regimes consistent with international standards and the ability to meet evolving challenges is clearly vital to the maintenance of solvent, secure, and reliable financial, commercial, and trade systems. Reducing money laundering's threat to U.S. interests is a national security priority reflected in the 2018 National Security Strategy and the 2017 Executive Order 13773, Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking.
Author: United States United States Department of State Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781530397327 Category : Languages : en Pages : 254
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A major money laundering country is defined by statute as one "whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking". However, the complex nature of money laundering transactions today makes it difficult in many cases to distinguish the proceeds of narcotics trafficking from the proceeds of other serious crime. Moreover, financial institutions engaging in transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds of other serious crime are vulnerable to narcotics-related money laundering. Additionally, money laundering activity has moved beyond banks and traditional financial institutions to other non-financial businesses and professions and alternative money and value transfer systems. This year's list of major money laundering countries recognizes this relationship by including all countries and other jurisdictions whose financial institutions and/or non-financial businesses and professions or other value transfer systems engage in transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from all serious crime. A government (e.g., the United States or the United Kingdom) can have comprehensive anti-money laundering laws on its books and conduct aggressive anti-money laundering enforcement efforts but still be classified a major money laundering jurisdiction. In some cases, this classification may simply or largely be a function of the size and/or sophistication of the jurisdiction's economy. In such jurisdictions, quick, continuous, and effective anti-money laundering efforts by the government are critical. The following countries/jurisdictions have been identified this year in this category:
Author: William R. Brownfield Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1437982735 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 193
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The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. The 2011 report describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2010. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes. Contents: Introduction; Bilateral Activities; Treaties and Agreements; Multi-Lateral Organizations and Programs; Major Money Laundering Countries. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Author: U. S. Department U.S. Department of State Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 198
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Money laundering, both at the country and multilateral levels, remains a significant crime issue despite robust, multifaceted efforts to address it. While arriving at a precise figure for the amount of criminal proceeds laundered is impossible, some studies by relevant international organizations estimate it may constitute 2-5 percent of global GDP. It is a seemingly ubiquitous criminal phenomenon: money laundering facilitates many other crimes and has become an indispensable tool of drug traffickers, transnational criminal organizations, and terrorist groups around the world. Its nefarious impact is considerable: it contributes to the breakdown of the rule of law, corruption of public officials, and destabilization of economies, and it threatens political stability, democracy, and free markets around the globe. For these reasons, the development and implementation of effective AML regimes consistent with international standards and the ability to meet evolving challenges is clearly vital to the maintenance of solvent, secure, and reliable financial, commercial, and trade systems. Reducing money laundering's threat to U.S. interests is a national security priority reflected in the 2018 National Security Strategy and the 2017 Executive Order 13773, Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking. To that end, the United States, a founding member of FATF, has worked within the organization, and with partner countries and FATF-style regional bodies, to promote compliance with the 49 Recommendations. It has also supported, through technical assistance and other means, the development and implementation of robust national-level AML regimes in jurisdictions around the world. The 2019 edition of the Congressionally-mandated International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume II: Money Laundering focuses on the exposure to this threat - in the specific context of narcotics-related money laundering - of jurisdictions around the world. As with past reports, it provides a review of the AML legal and institutional infrastructure of each jurisdiction, highlights the most significant steps each has taken to improve its AML regime, describes key vulnerabilities, and identifies each jurisdiction's capacity to share information and cooperate in international investigations. The report also highlights the United States government's provision of AML-related technical assistance.
Author: United States United States Department of State Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781505857092 Category : Languages : en Pages : 218
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The Money Laundering and Financial Crimes section of the Department of State's "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report" (INCSR) has been prepared in accordance with section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended ((the FAA), 22 U.S.C. § 2291). The 2014 INCSR is the 31st annual report prepared pursuant to the FAA.1The FAA requires a report on the extent to which each country or entity that received assistance under chapter 8 of Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act in the past two fiscal years has "met the goals and objectives of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances" (1988 UN Drug Convention) (FAA § 489(a)(1)(A)). Although the 1988 UN Drug Convention does not contain a list of goals and objectives, it does set forth a number of obligations the parties agree to undertake. Generally speaking, it requires the parties to take legal measures to outlaw and punish all forms of illicit drug production, trafficking, and drug money laundering; to control chemicals that can be used to process illicit drugs; and to cooperate in international efforts to these ends. The statute lists action by foreign countries on the following issues as relevant to evaluating performance under the 1988 UN Drug Convention: illicit cultivation, production, distribution, sale, transport and financing, money laundering, asset seizure, extradition, mutual legal assistance, law enforcement and transit cooperation, precursor chemical control, and demand reduction.
Author: William R. Brownfield Publisher: ISBN: 9781457844874 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 220
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The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Dept. of State. The 2013 report describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2012. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes. Contents: Introduction; Bilateral Activities: Training and Tech. Assistance; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS); Dept. of Justice (DOJ); Dept. of State; Dept. of the Treasury; Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC); Treaties, Agreements and Asset Sharing; Multi-Lateral Organizations and Programs; Major Money Laundering Countries. Tables. This is a print on demand report.
Author: Wouter H. Muller Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470033193 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 852
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Anti-Money Laundering is the definitive reference on money laundering and practice. First an outline will be given of the general approach taken by supra-national organisations like the United Nations and the European Council. Next the approach taken by international organisations and initiatives on the basis of the supra-national initiatives will be outlined by senior members of those organisations. A number of countries will then describe their specific prevention legislation. Countries involved will all be member-countries of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering). Finally there will be an overview to enable the reader to make a comparison between the most important topics of money laundering legislation and rules in the different countries.
Author: United States United States Department of State Publisher: ISBN: 9781976452482 Category : Languages : en Pages : 204
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The 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, highlights the most significant steps countries and jurisdictions categorized as "Major Money Laundering Countries" have taken to improve their anti-money laundering (AML) regimes. The legislatively mandated annual report provides a snapshot of the AML legal infrastructure of each country or jurisdiction and its capacity to share information and cooperate in international investigations. The narrative for each jurisdiction also provides a link to the most recent mutual evaluation performed by or on behalf of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) or the FATF-style regional body to which the country or jurisdiction belongs, which will allow those interested readers to find additional detailed information on the country's AML capacity and the effectiveness of its programs.In addition, the report details United States government efforts to provide technical assistance and training. In 2016, U.S. government personnel drew upon their expertise to build capacity with counterpart countries across the globe, sharing their experience and knowledge to enhance global rule of law and U.S. security interests. Working independently and with other donor countries and organizations, U.S. experts and partners provided training programs, mentoring, and support for supervisory, law enforcement, prosecutorial, customs, and financial intelligence unit personnel as well as private sector entities. These efforts are building capacity in jurisdictions that are lacking, strengthening compliance with international standards, and contributing to an increase in investigations, prosecutions, and convictions.