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Anti-Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime: Laws and Counter Measures - LAWS3011
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Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School:  Faculty of Law
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 28
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course will examine the money laundering process and common typologies and will provide a critical appreciation of international initiatives, including recent measures to counter the financing of terrorism. It will cover Commonwealth and State laws and the requirements for reporting of financial transactions and include an analysis of comparative anti-money laundering regimes and the more problematic policy issues surrounding confiscation legislation. Consideration will also be given to the relationship between the development of anti-money laundering initiatives and the impact of globalisation including: the use by criminals of the means that have allowed for increased trade; the emergence of economically powerful non-state actors; cross border crime and corruption; and counter measures in developing economies.


LLM Specialisations

Corporate and Commercial Law; Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law; Criminal Justice and Criminology.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

By the time you have completed this subject, you should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and professional attributes:
  • An understanding of anti-money laundering processes and a familiarity with comparative anti-money laundering regimes
  • An understanding and critical appreciation of the policy issues surrounding Commonwealth and State anti-money laundering and proceeds of crime legislation
  • A critical appreciation of recent international initiatives to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the context of a global economy

Main Topics

  • Money laundering and international initiatives: money laundering processes and typologies; the development of money laundering initiatives; the international legal framework; combating the financing of terrorism; comparative anti-money laundering laws and confiscation legislation
  • 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; financial transactions reporting requirements
  • Money laundering and global economy: money laundering and the global economy; money laundering terrorism and non-state actors; money laundering, corruption and trans-national crime; money laundering in developing and emerging economies

Assessment

Class participation Preparation and engagement in class 10%
In-class presentation Reading exercise, country study, sector study, subject of choice. 20%
Research essay 70%
 

Course Texts

Prescribed
Gilmore, William C., Dirty Money: The Evolution of International Measures to Counter Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, Third Edition, (France, Council of Europe Publishing: 2004)

Recommended
Additional course materials will be available at the first class.

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