Criminological Perspectives on Money Laundering: The Efficiency of Anti-Money Laundering Policies

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Abstract

The international fight against money laundering is costly. This does not have to be a problem if the benefits of this international fight outweigh its costs. Perhaps these are necessary costs to protect our societies. When we agree that crime should not pay, the main question is: At what cost? How much would we be willing to spend on making crime less worthwhile? An efficiency analysis can inform us. In this chapter we discuss what we should know and what we do know about a) the amount of money laundering (is money laundering so big that we should fight it?) b) the effects of money laundering (is it really a problem when money is laundered?) and c) whether the fight against money laundering is worth it (what does a cost-benefit analysis tell us?).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch Handbook on Transnational Crime
EditorsValsamis Mitsilegas, Saskia Hufnagel, Anton Moiseienko
Place of PublicationCheltenham
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
Chapter9
Pages112-121
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781784719449
ISBN (Print)9781784719432
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Dec 2019

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