'… it is very well written and researched and provides considerable detail on the legal aspects of the fight against money laundering … a worthy addition to the literature.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• Preface; Table of treaties and agreements; List of abbreviations; Part I. New Instruments in the Fight against Acquisitive Crime: Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime and Criminalisation of Money Laundering: 1. The background of the fight against money laundering; 2. The confiscation; 3. The fight against money laundering: genesis of a new crime; Part II. The Prevention of Money Laundering: 4. The application field of legislation on the prevention of money laundering; 5. The role of financial institutions in the prevention of money laundering; 6. The role of financial intelligence units in combating money laundering; 7. The role of the supervisory authorities in combating money laundering; Part III. Jurisdiction over Money Laundering: 8. Various types of jurisdictional problems in the fight against money laundering; 9. Territorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; 10. Extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; Part IV. International Co-operation in Combating Money Laundering: 11. The money laundering regime: new objectives of international co-operation in criminal matters; 12. The money laundering regime: new modes of international evidence-gathering; 13. Some of the conditions, principles and exceptions of mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters revisited; 14. Lifting banking secrecy in an international context; 15. Provisional measures to preserve alleged proceeds of crime in an international context; 16. International enforcement of confiscation orders; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

'… it is very well written and researched and provides considerable detail on the legal aspects of the fight against money laundering … a worthy addition to the literature.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

• Preface; Table of treaties and agreements; List of abbreviations; Part I. New Instruments in the Fight against Acquisitive Crime: Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime and Criminalisation of Money Laundering: 1. The background of the fight against money laundering; 2. The confiscation; 3. The fight against money laundering: genesis of a new crime; Part II. The Prevention of Money Laundering: 4. The application field of legislation on the prevention of money laundering; 5. The role of financial institutions in the prevention of money laundering; 6. The role of financial intelligence units in combating money laundering; 7. The role of the supervisory authorities in combating money laundering; Part III. Jurisdiction over Money Laundering: 8. Various types of jurisdictional problems in the fight against money laundering; 9. Territorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; 10. Extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of money laundering offences; Part IV. International Co-operation in Combating Money Laundering: 11. The money laundering regime: new objectives of international co-operation in criminal matters; 12. The money laundering regime: new modes of international evidence-gathering; 13. Some of the conditions, principles and exceptions of mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters revisited; 14. Lifting banking secrecy in an international context; 15. Provisional measures to preserve alleged proceeds of crime in an international context; 16. International enforcement of confiscation orders; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.