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International White Collar Crime : Cases and Materials.
Title:
International White Collar Crime : Cases and Materials.
Author:
Zagaris, Bruce.
ISBN:
9780511743078
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (592 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- I. Introduction -- II. Environment Giving Rise to International Economic Crimes -- III. The Scope of International White Collar Crime -- A. Substantive White Collar Crimes -- B. Procedural Aspects of White Collar Crimes -- C. The Role of International Organizations -- D. The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations -- E. Constructing International Enforcement Regimes -- F. The Role of International Enforcement Networks -- IV. Additional Reading -- A. U.S. White Collar Crime -- 1. Books -- 2. Blogs -- 3. Articles -- B. International White Collar Crime -- 2 Taxation -- I. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- A. The U.S. Jurisdiction to Tax -- B. The Exercise of Jurisdiction to Tax -- C. Choice of Law Issues -- II. Substantive Criminal Tax Laws -- A. Tax Fraud (i.e., False Returns and Preparers of False Returns) -- B. Tax Evasion -- C. Conspiracy to Engage in Tax Fraud, Evasion, and the Like: The Role of Offshore Banks -- D. Attempts to Obstruct or Interfere with Administration of Tax Laws -- E. Offshore Tax Shelters -- Background -- Typical Promotion -- Positions Promoted -- F. Intercompany Pricing -- G. Reporting -- H. Efforts of International Organizations to Combat Harmful Tax Practices -- III. Evidence Gathering -- A. Unilateral Measures -- B. International Agreements for Evidence Gathering in Tax Cases -- 1. Bilateral Conventions -- 2. Multilateral Conventions -- i. Receipt of Information from Foreign Tax Authorities (U.S.) as Requesting Country -- ii. Disclosure of Information to Foreign Tax Authorities (U.S. as Requested State) -- iii. Nontreaty Disclosure to Foreign Countries -- I. Introduction -- IV. Recent Changes in Exchange of Information under Tax Treaties -- V. Assistance in Collecting Taxes -- VI. Extradition and Gaining Custody -- VII. Additional Reading -- A. Books.

B. Articles -- 3 Money Laundering and Counterterrorism Financial Enforcement -- I. International Politics of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and Enforcement -- A. Universal Organizations -- 1. The United Nations -- 2. The Financial Action Task Force -- 3. The International Monetary Fund/World Bank Group -- a. Promoting the AML/CFTE regime -- b. Technical assistance -- c. IMF surveillance -- 4. The Egmont Group -- 5. The Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices -- B. Regional Level -- 1. FATF-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs) -- 2. The European Union -- 3. The Council of Europe -- 4. The Organization of American States (OAS) -- II. Substantive Components of Anti-Money Laundering Law -- A. Life-Cycle of Money Laundering -- 1. Placement -- 2. Layering -- 3. Integration -- B. Methods and Typologies -- C. Anti-Money Laundering Prevention Programs -- D. Overriding Bank Secrecy -- E. Customer Due Diligence and Recordkeeping -- F. Identification and Reporting of Suspicious Transactions and Other Reporting Requirements -- G. Institutional and Other Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing -- H. Criminalizing Money Laundering -- I. Transparency of Legal Persons and Arrangements -- J. Asset Forfeiture -- III. Substantive Components of Counterterrorism Financial Enforcement -- Hypotheticals -- IV. Additional Reading -- A. Books -- B. Articles -- 4 Transnational Corruption -- I Introduction -- II. U.S. Law and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- A. The Antibribery Provisions of the FCPA -- (A) Prohibition -- (b) Exception for Routine Governmental Action -- (c) Affirmative Defenses -- 1. Essential Elements of the Antibribery Provisions of the FCPA -- 2. Jurisdiction -- 3. Payment, Offer, or Promise: A Hypothetical -- 4. Anything of Value -- 5. Foreign Officials -- 6. Corrupt Intent -- 7. Obtain or Retain Business.

8. Exceptions and Affirmative Defenses -- a. Facilitating payments -- b. Bona fide business expenses -- 9. Local Law -- 10. Opinion Procedure -- 11. Statute of Limitations -- a. Criminal cases -- b. SEC actions -- c. Public authority defense -- B. Accounting and Recordkeeping Provisions of the FCPA -- (a) Reports by Issuer of Security -- Contents -- (b) Form of Report -- Books, Records, and Internal Accounting -- Directives -- 1. Scope -- 2. Recordkeeping Provisions -- a. Falsification of books and records -- b. Misrepresentations to auditors -- 3. Internal Accounting Controls Provisions -- 4. Siemens Anticorruption Case -- C. Vicarious Liability -- 1. Antibribery Provisions -- a. The knowledge requirement -- b. Authorization -- c. Control -- 2. Accounting and Recordkeeping Provisions -- 3. Vicarious Liability for Accomplices -- III. International Antibribery Initiatives -- A. OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions -- Article 1 The Offense of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials -- Article 2 Responsibility of Legal Persons -- Article 7 Money Laundering -- Article 8 Accounting -- 1. Background, Status of Ratifications, Scope, and Jurisdiction -- 2. Foreign Officials -- 3. Transfers of Value -- 4. Intent and Knowledge -- 5. Sanctions and Corporate Criminal Responsibility -- 6. International Cooperation -- 7. Monitoring and Follow-Up -- B. OAS Inter-American Convention against Corruption -- Article VI Acts of Corruption -- Article VII Domestic Law -- Article VIII Transnational Bribery -- Article IX Illicit Enrichment -- 1. Background -- 2. Public Official -- 3. Passive Bribery -- 4. Transnational Bribery -- 5. Illicit Enrichment -- 6. Cooperation -- 7. Monitoring -- C. Council of Europe Conventions -- 1. The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption -- 2. The Civil Law Convention on Corruption.

D. United Nations Convention against Corruption -- Article 5 Preventive Anti-Corruption Policies and Practices -- Article 6 Preventive Anti-Corruption Body or Bodies -- Article 10 Public Reporting -- Article 12 Private Sector -- Article 13 Participation of Society -- Chapter III Criminalization and Law Enforcement -- 1. Overview -- 2. Public Official -- 3. Corruption Offenses -- 4. Private Sector -- 5. Preventive Measures -- 6. Asset Recovery -- 7. Cooperation -- 8. Monitoring -- 9. Technical Assistance -- E. World Bank Anticorruption Initiatives -- F. Efforts by Developing Countries to Bring Criminal Cases in Developed Countries -- G. Need to Attack Corruption and Money Laundering in Tandem -- IV. Hypotheticals -- V. Additional Reading -- A. Books and Guides -- B. Articles -- 5 Transnational Organized Crime -- I. Introduction -- II. U.S. Law and Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) -- A. RICO -- B. Individual Liability for the Conduct of Others -- C. Presidential Decision Directive 42 1995 -- D. Bilateral Enforcement Mechanisms -- E. Law Enforcement Response to Ethnic Organized Crime Groups -- F. Money Laundering and Organized Crime -- G. U.S. Contemporary Efforts to Combat Drug Kingpin Groups -- III. International Organizations -- A. The United Nations and the Palermo Convention against Transnational Organized Crime -- Article 1: Statement of Purpose -- Article 2: Use of Terms -- Article 3: Scope of Application -- Article 4: Protection of Sovereignty -- Article 5: Criminalization of Participation in an Organized Criminal Group -- Article 6: Criminalization of the Laundering of Proceeds of Crime -- Article 7: Measures to Combat Money-Laundering -- Article 8: Criminalization of Corruption -- Article 9: Measures against Corruption -- Article 10: Liability of Legal Persons -- Article 11: Prosecution, Adjudication and Sanctions.

Article 12: Confiscation and Seizure -- Article 15: Jurisdiction -- Article 23: Criminalization of Obstruction of Justice -- Article 24: Protection of Witnesses -- Article 25: Assistance to and Protection of Victims -- Article 27: Law Enforcement Cooperation -- Article 28: Collection, Exchange and Analysis of Information on the Nature of Organized Crime -- Article 31: Prevention -- Article 32: Conference of the Parties to the Convention -- B. Protocols of the Palermo Convention -- 1. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons -- 2. Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air, and Sea -- 3. Protocol against Illicit Manufacturing of or Trafficking in Firearms -- C. Relationship between the Convention and Its Protocols -- D. European Union -- 1. Framework Decision of 2005 to Combat Organized Crime -- 2. Analysis and Prospects -- E. Council of Europe -- F. Organization of American States -- G. Informal International Groups - The G8 -- IV. Approaches of Non-U.S. Countries -- A. Italy -- B. Mexico -- V. Hypotheticals -- VI. Additional Reading -- A. Internet Resources -- B. Periodicals -- C. Books -- 6 Export Control and Economic Sanctions -- I Introduction -- II. U.S. (and National Government) Issues -- A. Structure of the U.S. Export Control System -- B. Terrorist-Supporting Countries -- C. Customs Export Enforcement -- 1. Investigation -- 2. Detention and Seizure -- 3. Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures -- 4. Prosecution -- D. Use of Undercover Sting Operations -- III. State Responses to Unilateral Extraterritorial Export Control Enforcement -- IV. Multilateral Regimes and Memberships -- A. The Australia Group -- B. Missile Technology Control Regime -- C. The Nuclear Suppliers Group -- D. The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies -- 1. Participating States.

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Abstract:
This book captures the importance of transnational business crime and international relations by examining the rise of international economic crime and recent strategies in the United States and abroad to combat it.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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