Policy brief 04/2014: Regulating luxury investments: What dirty money can’t buy

Filed under - Law enforcement

Policy position published 19 June 2014
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Most international standards and law enforcement agencies focus their efforts on fighting money laundering by banks and financial institutions. However, several non-financial sectors, such as real estate and luxury goods, are extremely vulnerable to illicit financial flows. Now is the time to clean up the sector and close this loophole for the corrupt.

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Country / Territory - International   
Region - Global   
Language(s) - English   
Topic - Accountability   |   Asset recovery   |   Civil society   |   Governance   |   Judiciary   |   Law enforcement   |   Organised crime   |   Politics and government   |   Private sector   |   Transparency International   
Tags - UNCAC   |   Money laundering   |   G20   |   FATF   |   Beneficial ownership   |   Luxury lifestyles   |   Unmask the corrupt   |   Luxury goods   

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