Banks and Financial Crime

This revised and updated new edition provides a practical guide for banks and their lawyers to their regulatory responsibilities, private law duties, liabilities to third parties, and obligations to assist persons seeking the recovery of assets (including regulatory bodies within and without the jurisdiction) as they relate to "tainted money".

Zusatztext the book is a well-written composition that provides a comprehensive picture of the complicated field of the international law of tainted money. The book's thorough and profound analyses will unquestionably serve as an important tool in meeting the challenges of continued exploration in this field. Informationen zum Autor The Hon. Mr Justice Blair is a High Court Judge, a nominated judge in the Commercial Court and Judge in charge of the Commercial Court. Before his appointment in 2008 he worked as a leading barrister specialising in the law of domestic and international banking and finance, including financial fraud and conflicts of law. He is a visiting Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. Richard Brent is a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings specializing in commercial law, in particular banking and insurance law and their international and EU law aspects. He is a former Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and a F.R.Hist.S.Dr Tom Grant is a Research Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge, and a practising public international lawyer, whose interests include State immunity, State succession, international investment protection, international organizations, use of force under international law, comparative constitutional law, diplomatic history, and technology and the law. He is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia. Klappentext This revised and updated new edition provides a practical guide for banks and their lawyers to their regulatory responsibilities, private law duties, liabilities to third parties, and obligations to assist persons seeking the recovery of assets (including regulatory bodies within and without the jurisdiction) as they relate to "tainted money". Zusammenfassung This revised and updated new edition provides a practical guide for banks and their lawyers to their regulatory responsibilities, private law duties, liabilities to third parties, and obligations to assist persons seeking the recovery of assets (including regulatory bodies within and without the jurisdiction) as they relate to "tainted money". ...

Autorentext
The Hon. Mr Justice Blair is a High Court Judge, a nominated judge in the Commercial Court and Judge in charge of the Commercial Court. Before his appointment in 2008 he worked as a leading barrister specialising in the law of domestic and international banking and finance, including financial fraud and conflicts of law. He is a visiting Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. Richard Brent is a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings specializing in commercial law, in particular banking and insurance law and their international and EU law aspects. He is a former Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and a F.R.Hist.S. Dr Tom Grant is a Research Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge, and a practising public international lawyer, whose interests include State immunity, State succession, international investment protection, international organizations, use of force under international law, comparative constitutional law, diplomatic history, and technology and the law. He is admitted to the bars of Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia.

Inhalt

• I The International Law of Tainted Money

• 1: Tom Grant and Richard Brent: General Introduction: Some Problems Relating to the Role of International Law

• 2: Cheong-Ann Png: International legal sources I - the United Nations Conventions

• 3: Cheong-Ann Png: International Legal Sources II - The United Nations Security Council Resolutions

• 4: Cheong-Ann Png: International Legal Sources III - FATF Recommendations

• 5: Antonios Tzanakopoulos: International Legal Sources IV - the European Union and The Council of Europe

• 6: Tom Grant: International Legal Sources IV - The European Union and The Council of Europe

• II Public Obligations and Regulatory Responsibilities

• A. Offences

• 7: Rudi Fortson: Money Laundering Offences Under POCA 2002

• 8: Rudi Fortson: The Terrorism Acts and Conspiracy

• B. Sanctions and Regulatory Responsibilities

• 9: Antonios Tzanakopoulos: UK Sanctions regimes

• 10: Richard Brent: Regulatory Responsibilities

• III The Professions and Financial Crime

• 11: David Kirk and Andrew Thornton-Dibb: The Professions and Financial Crime

• IV The Private Law of Financial Crime

• 12: James Evans: Claims Arising under UK Private Law

• V Financial Crime and Private International Law

• 13: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Financial Wrong-Doing and Private International Law

• 14: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Money Had and Received

• 15: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Knowing Receipt

• 16: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Dishonest Assistance

• 17: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Deceit

• 18: Zachary Douglas and Andrew Bodnar: Conspiracy

• VI Providing and Obtaining Assistance

• A.Providing Assistance

• 19: Jonathan Peddie: Investigations and Remedies under POCA 2002

• 20: Jonathan Peddie: Anti-Terrorism Legislation

• B. Obtaining Assistance

• 21: Jonathan Peddie: Judicial Cooperation Including Obtaining Evidence

• VII United States-United Kingdom Issues

• 22: D. Zachary Hudson: Cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom in the Prevention and Prosecution of Financial Crime

• 23: Viet D. Dinh and Megan M. Wold: Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law

• VIII Conclusion: Virtual Money

• 24: Kay Firth-Butterfield, Richard Brent, and Tom Grant: The Future of Financial Crime: Virtual Currencies, Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Legal Questions