Graduate Student, Centre for Criminology
Research student: (MSt) (c.) / DPhil (PRS)
St. Antony's
Thesis Title: The Global Fight Against Money Laundering: Are we doing enough?
Prof. F. Varese
Dr. S. Wallerstein
About
The aims of my thesis are: (i) to understand the general principles, causes and effects of the ML phenomenon; (ii) to critically discuss the suitability and impact of the global anti-ML legal framework; (iii) and to explore the main legal problems that may arise in implementing the international crime of ML at the national level, as well as to suggest how these legal problems can be solved.
Taking an international and comparative perspective, the research argues that the definition of the international crime of ML as drafted in the international conventions is inadequate in dealing with ML because it is not uniformly applied in every country. Based on that conclusion, the dissertation suggests a new definition of the international crime of ML.