Description
Book SynopsisUncover the financial fraud that funds terrorist organizations Trade-Based Money Laundering is an authoritative examination of this burgeoning phenomenon, now coming under scrutiny in the War on Terror. This book walks you through the signs and patterns of trade-based money laundering (TBML) to help you recognize it when it occurs, and shows you how data and analytics can be used to detect it. You''ll learn the common value transfer techniques including invoice fraud, over-and-under invoicing, and misrepresentation, and learn why analytic detection systems have yet to be implemented despite the existence of copious data. Case studies from around the world highlight the real-life implications of the concepts and processes presented in the text, giving you a first-hand view of the mechanisms at work inside this expanding illegal market.
Trade-based money laundering uses trade to convert large quantities of illicit cash into less conspicuous assets or commodities to ev
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
Chapter 1 The Next Frontier 1
Chapter 2 Trade-Based Money Laundering Techniques: Invoice Fraud 13
Chapter 3 Black Market Peso Exchange 33
Chapter 4 Hawala: An Alternative Remittance System 49
Chapter 5 Chinese Flying Money 73
Chapter 6 Misuse of the International Gold Trade 89
Chapter 7 Commercial TBML 111
Chapter 8 More Schemes and Facilitators 125
Chapter 9 Monitoring Trade 145
Chapter 10 Red-Flag Indicators 167
Chapter 11 Conclusions and Recommendations 177
Appendix A Money-Laundering Primer 195
Appendix B Original Trade Transparency Unit (TTU) Proposal 207
Glossary 217
Index 225
