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When Do Liberal Governments Restrict Civil Society?

Governance, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Liberal democracies increasingly restrict civil society organizations (CSOs), a trend frequently linked to illiberal governments. But when do ideologically liberal governments resort to such restrictions? Linking research on state traditions, party ideology and crisis governance, we theorize factors enhancing liberal governments' propensity to
Nicole Bolleyer, Adam Eick, Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska, Leonhard Grevesmühl   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling smurfing patterns in cryptocurrencies with integer partitions

IET Blockchain, Volume 4, Issue S1, Page 659-680, December 2024.
We propose the modelling of patterns of financial transactions‐with a focus on the domain of cryptocurrencies‐as splittings and present a method for generating such splittings utilizing integer partitions. We study current money laundering regulations and directives concerning thresholds for monitoring of financial transactions.
Marlene Koelbing, Klaus Kieseberg, Ceren Çulha, Bernhard Garn, Dimitris E. Simos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of country legal frameworks and international guidelines in curtailing money laundering and terrorist financing activities in grey list countries: Case studies of Kenya and Uganda

Journal of Economic Criminology
This paper analyses the legal frameworks in Kenya and Uganda, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines to ascertain if they are effective in minimising money laundering activities and keeping the countries off of FATF’s grey list.
Catherine Tuhirirwe, Richard Alexander
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing governance challenges of digitalisation and sustainability: The case of central bank digital currency

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 647-661, November 2024.
Abstract Digitalisation and environmental sustainability are widely discussed topics. However, their nexus remains underexplored and can pose significant challenges for governments and industries alike. The environmental implications of digitalisation are becoming increasingly pertinent with the advent of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and ...
Heng Wang
wiley   +1 more source

National assessments of money laundering risks: Stumbling at the start

Risk Analysis, Volume 44, Issue 9, Page 2001-2007, September 2024.
Abstract The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requires national governments to demonstrate an understanding of the distribution of money laundering risks across different sectors of the financial system. Such understanding is the foundation for effective control of money laundering under the risk‐based approach called for by the FATF. We analyzed the
Joras Ferwerda, Peter Reuter
wiley   +1 more source

ПІДХОДИ ДО ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ СИСТЕМИ ФІНАНСОВОГО МОНІТОРИНГУ У КОНТЕКСТІ САНКЦІЙНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ

Економіка та суспільство
Cтаття присвячена дослідженню існуючих підходів та критеріїв визначення ефективності системи фінансового моніторингу (ФМ). Ми звертаємо увагу на недосконалість підходу FATF, який недостатньо враховує категорію витрат, а також характеризується низьким ...
Василь Радик
doaj   +1 more source

世界金流新秩序 ── FATF虛擬資產規範及 我國法制面整體建議 The New Order of World Money Flow ―The Virtual Assets Requirements of FATF and Suggestions of the Overall Legal Regulations

交大法學評論, 2023
自中本聰（Satoshi Nakamoto）於2008 年在網路上發表第一篇去中心化 的虛擬貨幣比特幣論文後，虛擬貨幣就顛覆了我們對於金錢的傳統想像，金錢好像早已從那張躺在我們錢包裡薄薄的紙張，逐漸的成為一串數字、一堆代表錢包地址的亂碼及金鑰，或許我們仍習慣於現鈔帶給我們的安全感，但虛擬貨幣儼然已改變我們的世界。防制洗錢金融行動工作組織（Financial Action Task Force, FATF）是全球洗錢防制與打擊資恐國際規範的制定者，在2018 年至2019 年之際 ...
魏至潔 Chih-Chieh Wei
doaj  

The Sins of the Fathers: Targeted Sanctions against Family Members of Primary Targets

The Modern Law Review, Volume 87, Issue 4, Page 926-966, July 2024.
Targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes and travel bans, are an increasingly popular response to a wide array of wrongdoing. This article considers an especially problematic aspect of contemporary sanctions law and practice that has received little attention so far, namely the imposition of sanctions on the family members of the primary target.
Anton Moiseienko
wiley   +1 more source

Form‐Based Practices and Counter‐Conduct in the Banking Industry*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 147-178, June 2024.
ABSTRACT This paper adopts a governmentality framing to examine how form‐based practices and counter‐conduct measures that permeate the banking industry are employed by bank executives who wish to be governed differently in a way that results in the control of customer conduct.
Gajindra Maharaj
wiley   +1 more source

Global Financial Information, Compliance Incentives and Conflict Funding [PDF]

Interdiction of terrorist funds has become a priority for intergovernmental cooperation. Logically, this initiative should affect SDM financing as well as conflict funding more generally - particularly where incumbent states can outlaw such movements ...
Valpy FitzGerald
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