Lawyers And The Proceeds Of Crime

Author : Katie Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351717236

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Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime by Katie Benson Pdf

The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is based on qualitative research combining analysis of cases of lawyers convicted of money laundering offences with interviews with criminal justice practitioners, members of professional and regulatory bodies and practising solicitors, and analysis of relevant national and international legislative and regulatory frameworks. The book demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of lawyers’ involvement in laundering activity, and shows that their actions and the decisions they take must be understood in relation to the specific situational contexts in which they occur. It provides significant new insights into the criminal justice and regulatory response to professional facilitation of money laundering in the UK, raising questions about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the response and the challenges involved. The book develops a framework for future research and analysis in this area, and proposes a range of potential strategies for controlling the facilitation of money laundering. Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime is essential reading for those researching money laundering, white-collar crime or organised crime, and for practitioners and policy makers concerned with preventing the facilitation of money laundering.

Author : Janet Bazley,David Winch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Money
ISBN : 1405702087

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Money Laundering for Lawyers by Janet Bazley,David Winch Pdf

Money Laundering for Lawyers provides, in a conveniently sized volume, invaluable detailed information and practical guidance for lawyers - particularly matrimonial lawyers - faced, under the new legislation, with a responsibility for the reporting of suspected money laundering and the putting in place of the required procedures intended to forestall, deter or detect money laundering whilst continuing to provide a proper service for their clients.

Author : Simon N. M. Young
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781848446212

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Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property by Simon N. M. Young Pdf

. . . this work is an important contribution to the global discourse on pursuing property, money or resources linked to crime. Michelle Gallant, Journal of Business Law Informed and informative, Civil Forfeiture of Criminal Property is a seminal work of impressive scholarship and strongly recommended for professional, academic, and governmental judicial studies collections in general, and criminal justice reference collections in particular. Library Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review This book is interesting because there is a dearth of writing on the subject. It must be read for that reason. Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer Once called the monster that ate jurisprudence , civil forfeiture is now an established weapon in the fight against organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking and corruption. This fine collection of essays covering civil forfeiture regimes in ten diverse jurisdictions, written by leading practitioners, provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of the jurisprudential, legal, political and practical dimensions of the new generation of these powerful and controversial laws. I commend this book to criminal, civil, comparative and human rights lawyers who have an interest in how serious and profit-motivated crime, and responses to it, develop over time and in different legal cultures. Arie Freiberg, Monash University, Australia In this book, which is the first of its kind, leading experts examine the civil and criminal forfeiture systems in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the fight against organized crime and international money laundering, there is a global trend for countries to enact forfeiture and confiscation laws that are applied through the civil process rather than the traditional criminal justice system. The authors gathered here analyze the appeal these civil forfeiture laws have for governments for their potential to disrupt criminal organizations and for their quantifiable benefits to the state. But without the usual safeguards of the criminal process, civil forfeiture laws are controversial, attracting constitutional challenges, particularly on human rights grounds. This book will be of great interest to policy-makers in government, and law enforcement agencies who are thinking of reforming their own laws, as well as to law reform agencies or select parliamentary committees where the issue of reform is topical. It will also appeal to students in criminal law, criminology and human rights.

Author : Michel Proulx,David Layton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Attorney and client
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062955344

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Ethics and Canadian Criminal Law by Michel Proulx,David Layton Pdf

This text provides a thoughtful survey of the most important ethical issues faced by criminal lawyers in Canada today. Each chapter provides a detailed discussion of a particular issue with both real and hypothetical examples, analyzes the case law involved, and suggests ways in which the issue may be handled.

Author : United States. President's Commission on Organized Crime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Lawyers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044046824678

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Materials on Ethical Issues for Lawyers Involved with Organized Crime Cases by United States. President's Commission on Organized Crime Pdf

Author : Mary Michelle Gallant
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1781958092

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Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime by Mary Michelle Gallant Pdf

The pursuit of the financial proceeds of criminal activity has become a central theme of contemporary crime control. Initially conceived to tackle the global trade in illegal drugs, these methods have been more recently employed in the context of terrorism. This work offers a judicious account of the national and international strategies which seek to cope with crime by attacking its financial underpinnings. The book focuses on the increasingly civil legal orientation of these strategies - a sea change from criminal prosecutions to civil legal instruments. The author focuses on developments of the civil strategy in the US and the UK beginning with its historical origins. The work reveals the contradictions that animate the civil approach to criminal finance and discloses the failure of civil devices, as presently constituted, to comply with rights. It bridges the gap between two jurisdictions prominent in this area; the United States and the United Kingdom. This comparative element distinguishes the project from other work in the field that focuses on a single jurisdiction. Critical in its perspective, the work brings balance and reflection to an emergent area of national and international interest.

Author : Philip Slayton
Publisher : Penguin Global
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0143056107

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Lawyers Gone Bad by Philip Slayton Pdf

People love to hate lawyers; they're perhaps the most distrusted among professionals. What's puzzling is that lawyers who commit crimes are often at the top of their profession--affluent, respected members of society who seem to have little reason for criminal behaviour. Philip Slayton spent 35 years as a lawyer. In Lawyers Gone Bad, he exposes the motivations and the stories of senior partners in influential Canadian firms who have illegally sustained expensive lifestyles, engaged in drug trafficking, been convicted of immigration fraud, laundered money, and been disbarred for having sex with clients. These are colourful, personal dramas that give insight into lawyers, legal practice, and how the law itself can fail or be twisted.

Author : Henry Milner
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781785906459

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No Lawyers in Heaven by Henry Milner Pdf

For over forty years, criminal defence solicitor Henry Milner has been the go-to lawyer for some of Britain's most notorious and high-profile criminals – from Kenneth Noye and the Brink's-Mat robbers to gangster Freddie Foreman, John 'Goldfinger' Palmer and the gang who carried out the Millennium Dome raid. These and many others who reached serious misunderstandings with the law knew that once they were nicked, there was only one man to call: a genial cigar-smoking solicitor with an office tucked away in a leafy corner of central London, a man known to the Sunday Times as 'The Mr Big of Criminal Briefs'. In this remarkable memoir, Milner gives a real insight into the life of a top London criminal lawyer and into the mind of his clients, along the way introducing us to some of the most colourful characters ever to appear on either side of the dock. By turns shocking and hilarious, No Lawyers in Heaven gives a wry commentary on the frailty of human nature across the spectrum of the criminal justice system in a punchy narrative that could grace the pages of a bestselling crime novel.

Author : David Salter,Philip Way
Publisher : Jordans Pub
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0853089248

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The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by David Salter,Philip Way Pdf

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has caused grave concerns to all professional advisers. Family lawyers in particular are troubled by the onerous obligations that the Act has imposed upon them and their clients. Yet the provisions, even after the landmark decision in P v P, are open to several interpretations. In this Special Bulletin David Salter and Philip Way examine the offences and duties created by the Act, the potential defences available to advisers and the circumstances in which problems are likely to arise. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Implications for Family Lawyers is the only publication to concentrate on the Act in the context of family law practice.

Author : Edward Rees QC,Richard Fisher,Richard Thomas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199601739

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Blackstone's Guide to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by Edward Rees QC,Richard Fisher,Richard Thomas Pdf

The fourth edition of this Blackstone's Guide provides a clear and accessible exploration of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), which has been completely updated to include all recent developments. It includes the full updated text of POCA 2002, plus other essential materials.

Author : Mark Sutherland Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2241 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0191653586

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Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime by Mark Sutherland Williams Pdf

Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime provides a definitive guide to all aspects of the law concerning the recovery of the proceeds of crime in England and Wales. It provides an easily navigable step-by-step approach that considers how the legislation is geared to ensuring that criminals do not benefit from their crimes financially, as well as detailed coverage of every stage of the confiscation process. This new edition has been fully updated to include all important legislative changes over the last three years, and covers all significant case law, including discussion o.

Author : Mary Michelle Gallant
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Commercial crimes
ISBN : 1843769514

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Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime by Mary Michelle Gallant Pdf

The pursuit of the financial proceeds of criminal activity has become a central theme of contemporary crime control. Initially conceived to tackle the global trade in illegal drugs, these methods have been more recently employed in the context of terrorism. This work offers a judicious account of the national and international strategies which seek to cope with crime by attacking its financial underpinnings. The book focuses on the increasingly civil legal orientation of these strategies - a sea change from criminal prosecutions to civil legal instruments. The author focuses on developments of the civil strategy in the US and the UK beginning with its historical origins. The work reveals the contradictions that animate the civil approach to criminal finance and discloses the failure of civil devices, as presently constituted, to comply with rights. It bridges the gap between two jurisdictions prominent in this area; the United States and the United Kingdom. This comparative element distinguishes the project from other work in the field that focuses on a single jurisdiction. Critical in its perspective, the work brings balance and reflection to an emergent area of national and international interest. Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime analyzes rather than merely describes the proceeds of crime laws, anti-money laundering regimes and the civil legal approach to criminal finance and as such will have a wide readership. The book will appeal to, amongst others, government actors involved in constructing instruments to confront criminal finance, scholars and researchers working in the area and banks, financial institutions, lawyers and other professional private actors charged with anti-money laundering functions.

Author : Lorena Bachmaier Winter,Stephen C. Thaman,Veronica Lynn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030431235

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The Right to Counsel and the Protection of Attorney-Client Privilege in Criminal Proceedings by Lorena Bachmaier Winter,Stephen C. Thaman,Veronica Lynn Pdf

The book provides an overview of the right to counsel and the attorney-client privilege in the following 12 jurisdictions: China, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and USA. The right to counsel is a fundamental right providing the accused access to justice in criminal proceedings. Lawyers can only practice their profession properly if clients have complete trust in their lawyer’s discretion. This trust is safeguarded by the attorney-client privilege, which is an indispensable part of every constitutional state and one of the most important professional duties of a lawyer. It is of particular importance in criminal proceedings regarding the protection of the confidentiality of lawyer-client communications in the different procedural stages, coercive measures as well as the various duties and interests in play. However, the communications protected by attorney-client privilege vary greatly from country to country. With regard to criminal investigations in an increasingly globalised world, where sophisticated tools enable broad digital investigations, there is an urgent need to clarify how this fundamental right is protected at both the national and supranational level. Each chapter explores the regulations, practices and recent developments in each jurisdiction and was written by highly qualified experts in the legal field – from academia and practice alike. It identifies possible solutions and best practices, providing valuable insights for practitioners and law-making bodies alike regarding the actual protection (or lack thereof) of lawyer-client confidentiality in the pretrial and trial stage of criminal proceedings.

Author : Kenneth Rijock
Publisher : Penguin Global
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Criminals
ISBN : 0241954762

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The Laundry Man by Kenneth Rijock Pdf

Meet Ken Rijock, decorated Vietnam veteran, high flying lawyer, and one of the world's biggest money launderers. In 1980s Miami, he was the middle man between the Colombians and the domestic cartels flooding America's streets with cocaine. 'The Laundry Man' is the story of an ordinary man caught up in an extraordinary life.

Author : Katie Benson,Colin King,Clive Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429677298

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Assets, Crimes and the State by Katie Benson,Colin King,Clive Walker Pdf

Organised crime, corruption, and terrorism are considered to pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. Alongside traditional criminal enforcement responses, strategies focused on following the money trail of such crimes have become increasingly prevalent. These strategies include anti-money laundering measures to prevent ‘dirty money’ from infiltrating the legitimate economy, proceeds of crime powers to target the accumulated assets derived from crime, and counter-terrorist financing measures to prevent ‘clean’ money from being used for terrorist purposes. This collection brings together 17 emerging researchers in the fields of anti-money laundering, proceeds of crime, counter-terrorist financing and corruption to offer critical analyses of contemporary anti-assets strategies and state responses to a range of financial crimes. The chapters focus on innovative anti-financial crime measures and assemblages of governance that have become a feature of late modernity and on the ways in which individual nation states have responded to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements in light of their specific social, political, and economic contexts. This collection draws on perspectives from law, criminology, sociology, politics, and other disciplines. It adopts a much-needed international approach, focusing not only on expected jurisdictions, such as the United States and United Kingdom, but also on analysis from countries such as Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, and Nigeria. The authors stand out for their fresh and original research, which places them at the cutting edge of the subject. This book provides a comprehensive, insightful, and original study of an important and developing field for academics, students, practitioners, and policymakers in multiple jurisdictions.