Includes index.

1. What is money laundering? -- 2. The process of money laundering -- 3. International money-laundering regulation: the role of the financial action task force -- 4. The EC money laundering directives -- 5. UN resolutions -- 6. The UK regulatory framework -- 7. How money-laundering-deterrence regulations are applied in the UK: the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group -- 8. The Wolfsberg principles -- 9. The US regulatory framework -- 10. Financial sanctions -- 11. Risk management and money-laundering deterrence -- 12. The role of the money laundering reporting officer -- 13. Know your customer -- 14. Money laundering training -- 15. Retail customer identification -- 16. Corporate customer identification -- 17. Politically exposed persons -- 18. Non-face-to-face customers -- 19. Suspicious conduct and transactions -- 20. Unusual transactions -- 21. Investigating suspicions -- 22. Ongoing monitoring -- 23. Tipping off -- 24. Correspondent banking -- 25. Record-keeping -- 26. Money-laundering-deterrence software -- 27. Country profiles -- Appendix: Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index.

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