Professor Peter Alldridge; Alldridge Law sku-53606671

Money Laundering Law: Forfeiture, Confiscation, Civil Recovery, Criminal Laundering and Taxation of the Proceeds of Crime is a hardcover listed under Criminal Law Books by Professor Peter Alldridge; Alldridge, sku-53606671. It examines the history, theory and practice of action against the profits of crime over the past twenty years, including confiscation orders and substantive criminal offences involving the laundering of crime proceeds. It also discusses the regulatory consequences of the Money Laundering Regulations 1993 and the Financial Services Authority. The book considers the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in the context of growing attention to the financial aspects of crime and the internationalization of criminal law. The Act establishes the Assets Recovery Agency to target criminal money. The agency has the power to bring forfeiture proceedings without a prior criminal conviction and to raise tax assessments.