Petrus C. van Duyne, Professor emeritus, is one of the pre-eminent authors of the subjects of  cross-border and organised crime, money-laundering and corruption. Known to be a critical and independent thinker, author of around 140 publications, his papers are widely downloaded and referenced. As both a psychologist and jurist he has been researching in the field since the 1980s.   Dr Jackie Harvey is Professor of Financial Management and Director of Business Research at Newcastle Business School. Her research is focused on criminal financial management, in particular money laundering.  Prior to becoming an academic in 2000, Jackie spent 10 years working for a major merchant bank, followed by a 3 year posting as fiscal policy adviser to the Ministry of Finance in Belize. Dr Liliya Gelemerova is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, a member of the Steering Committee of Finance against Trafficking and a Senior Financial Crime Advisor at Commerzbank, London. Formerly Head of International Contacts and Legal Coordination at Bulgaria’s Financial Intelligence Unit, and following a role at Transparency International, Berlin, Liliya worked for several investigative consultancy firms in London before moving into inhouse banking compliance.

• Chapter 1. Money-laundering: a global issue and scarce knowledge.- Chapter 2. Methodology.- Chapter 3. Historical overview.- Chapter 4. Concepts, assumptions and consequences.- Chapter 5. Learning more about the FATF: Knowing the tree by its fruits.- Chapter 6. The legal studies literature.- Chapter 7. Economists’ consensus: models and estimates.- Chapter 8. Behaviour and impact ‘on the ground’.- Chapter 9. “What is all this good for?” A layman’s question.- Chapter 10. Back to the essence and the future.