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Anti-Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime: Laws and Counter Measures - LAWS8011
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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740, 9230, 9231, 5231, 9285 or 5285
 
 
Excluded: JURD7511
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The course will examine issues relevant to the money laundering process and asset forfeiture. This will include a consideration of some common typologies/ case studies in the area and a consideration of the extent and impact of money laundering. It is intended to provide a critical appreciation of international initiatives and arrangements to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. It will cover relevant Commonwealth and State Laws and the requirements and arrangements for reporting various financial transactions and the obligations imposed on various entities under Australia's anti money laundering regime. It will include an overview of comparative anti money laundering and asset forfeiture regimes and include a consideration of legal and policy issues surrounding anti money laundering, terrorist financing and asset forfeiture.


LLM Specialisations

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

Students who complete this course should be able to demonstrate:
  • An understanding of Commonwealth and State anti money laundering/ counter-terrorist financing and proceeds of crime processes and a familiarity with some other relevant anti money laundering and proceeds of crime regimes.
  • An understanding and appreciation of the policy and legal issues surrounding Commonwealth and State anti money laundering/counter-terrorist financing and proceeds of crime legislation.
  • A critical appreciation of relevant international initiatives to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism and to deal with proceeds of crime issues. An appreciation of money laundering and related issues by reference to particular sectors of the global and local economy, particular professions and commercial arrangements.

Main Topics

  • Money laundering and international initiatives: money laundering processes and typologies; the development of anti-money laundering initiatives; the international legal framework; combating the financing of terrorism; comparative anti-money laundering laws and confiscation regimes; Australian legal framework: the history and development of Australia's anti-money laundering regime; Commonwealth laws and institutions; laws and institutions in New South Wales
  • Money laundering and the global economy: money laundering and terrorism; money laundering, corruption and trans-national crime; money laundering in developing and emerging economies

Assessment

Research Essay
TBA
65%
Class presentation
TBA
25%
Class Participation
Each class
10%

Course Texts

Prescribed

Recommended
William Gilmore, Dirty Money: The Evolution of International Measures to Counter Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (3rd ed, 2004) France, Council of Europe Publishing.
John Broome, Anti Money Laundering. International Practice and Policies (2005) Thompson (Sweet and Maxwell).
Peter Lilley, Dirty Dealing: The Untold Truth About Global Money Laundering, International Crime and Terrorism (3rd ed, 2006) London, Kogan Page.

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