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Book SynopsisIn The Banker''s Blacklist, Julia C. Morse demonstrates how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has enlisted global banks in the effort to keep bad money out of the financial system, in the process drastically altering the domestic policy landscape and transforming banking worldwide.
Trillions of dollars flow across borders through the banking system every day. While bank-to-bank transfers facilitate trade and investment, they also provide opportunities for criminals and terrorists to move money around the globe. To address this vulnerability, large economies work together through an international standard-setting body, the FATF, to shift laws and regulations on combating illicit financial flows. Morse examines how this international organization has achieved such impact, arguing that it relies on the power of unofficial market enforcementa process whereby market actors punish countries that fail to meet international standards. The FATF produces
Trade Review
Her detailed research provides a thorough examination of the organization that moves beyond headlines to test out different theories of how this international organization works.
* Lawfare *
Julia Morse provides groundbreaking research into the FATF that makes the FATF more accessible and serves as a very helpful guide for understanding how unofficial market enforcement can be harnessed to address AML/CFT risks at the country level, both now and into the future.
* Lawfare *
The bankers' blacklist presents an artful paradox: its insights are greater than the sum of its parts. This is a thought-provoking book[.]
* International Affairs *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cross-Border Banking in a Globalized Era
1. A Primer on International Financial Standards on Illicit Financing
2. A Theory of Unofficial Market Enforcement
3. The FATF's Fight against Illicit Financing
4. How the Noncomplier List Drives FATF Compliance
5. Unofficial Market Enforcement against Listed Countries
6. Fighting Illicit Financing in Southeast Asia
Conclusion: The Power and Peril of Markets as Enforcers
