Criminal Capital How the Finance Industry Facilitates Crime

Criminal Capital is an engaging but authoritative account of how financial structures and products can and are being used to evade proper scrutiny and enable criminal activity and what can be done about it. Based on the analysis of the financial methods t

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10.1057/9781137337306 - Criminal Capital, Stephen Platt

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HOW THE FINANCE INDUSTRY FACILITATES CRIME

STEPHEN PLATT

10.1057/9781137337306 - Criminal Capital, Stephen Platt

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CRIMINAL CAPITAL

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Foreword

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Preface

x

Acknowledgements

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Harmful Practices

1

2

Money Laundering Models

21

3

Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy

52

4

Drug Trafficking

65

5

Bribery and Corruption

84

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Piracy

1