This chapter contributes to the literature on money laundering by discussing how the risk of money laundering can be conceived, operationalised and measured; and then by discussing the role played by opacity of corporate ownership as a money laundering risk factor; finally, by providing an analysis of corporate ownership anomalies in three selected countries - Italy, United Kingdom and the Netherlands - and in a variety of economic sectors.
Riccardi, M., Milani, R., Opacity of business ownership and the risk of money laundering, in Petrus C. Van Duyn, P. C. V. D., Tom Strm, T. S., Jackie H. Harve, J. H. H., Georgios A. Antonopoulo, G. A. A. (ed.), The Janus Faces of Cross Border Crimes in Europe, Eleven International Publishing, The Hague 2018: 251- 284 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/223867]
Opacity of business ownership and the risk of money laundering
Riccardi, MichelePrimo
;Milani, RiccardoSecondo
2018
Abstract
This chapter contributes to the literature on money laundering by discussing how the risk of money laundering can be conceived, operationalised and measured; and then by discussing the role played by opacity of corporate ownership as a money laundering risk factor; finally, by providing an analysis of corporate ownership anomalies in three selected countries - Italy, United Kingdom and the Netherlands - and in a variety of economic sectors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.