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The Crime of Money Laundering under the Czech Criminal Codex Abstract in English
Jüttner, Jakub ; Pelc, Vladimír (advisor) ; Hořák, Jaromír (referee)
1 The Crime of Money Laundering under the Czech Criminal Codex Abstract in English The diploma thesis aims to analyse the phenomenon of money laundering, i. e. activity the purpose of which is to cover the proceeds of crime. The thesis mainly focuses on the crime of money laundering in the Czech Criminal Code, respectively for the crime of legalization of proceeds under the provisions of Section 216 (2) and Section 217 (1) of the Criminal Code. Part of the thesis is also an analysis of the issue of so-called profits from unidentifiable sources. In the first chapter, the reader will find an explanation of basic terminology and principles. The first chapter is also accompanied by basic criminological data on money laundering in the Czech Republic. The following chapter deals with money laundering as a current phenomenon. In this chapter, the thesis discusses the concept of money laundering, the origin of money laundering, the features and stages of money laundering, the consequences and effects of the proceeds of crime, as well as the perpetrator of money laundering. The third chapter discusses the current legislation on money laundering, both criminal and non-criminal, which has also huge importance, also national, European, and international. The fourth chapter is devoted to the analysis of the crime of...
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Money Laundering and Suspicious Activity Reporting in the United States
Krouparová, Ivana ; Janský, Petr (advisor) ; Mišák, Vojtěch (referee)
Money laundering is a seriously understudied phenomenon and despite the continuous advancement of detecting technology, continues to be a serious issue today. This thesis provides a detailed definition of money laundering, lists some of the most common examples of how this illegal activity can be carried out in practice, and provides a brief historical overview of the U.S. efforts to combat it. The next segments follow up on previous research in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the U.S. suspicious activity reporting (SAR) system. The paper investigates whether an elevated prevalence of certain offenses, such as financial crime or drug trafficking, could explain the growing number of SARs or if the upward trend could be in part explained by institutions over-reporting in fear of the penalties set by the local regime. The estimates obtained by applying the random effects model on a panel of 51 U.S. states, including the District of Columbia, did not indicate a presence of excessive over-reporting. Instead, the regression results showed a negative correlation between the SAR filing rate and the prevalence of financial crime in the state. A conclusion is drawn that the increasing number of SARs cannot be viewed as a result of more financial crime, implying that systematic under-reporting may be...
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International Cooperation in the Field of Anti - Money Laundering
Hladká, Michaela ; Karfíková, Marie (advisor) ; Boháč, Radim (referee)
International Cooperation in the Field of Anti - Money Laundering The submitted thesis deals with the topical and very important issue which is international cooperation in the field of anti - money laundering (or the legitimisation of the proceeds of crime). This field is described as the very core element of the fight against money laundering in the introduction of the work. On the other hand this is also the element with many deficiencies that establish the basic obstacles in the scope of this fight. The aim of this work is to describe this type of international cooperation, to detect its main shortcomings and to suggest possible solutions. Anti - money laundering international cooperation is described in detail in the framework of this thesis on legislative and practical level through the analytical, comparative and historical methodologies, while the field of administrative law is stressed. The introductory chapters deal with explanation of basic terminology and institutes connected with this topic, the types of international cooperation in the field of anti - money laundering, the history of this issue, and the detailed exploration of the sources of law (international, European and national). In the next chapters the role of authorities, organizations and other entities involved in this type...
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Money laundering in the light of obligation of identification and due diligence
Šaroun, Petr ; Sejkora, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kotáb, Petr (referee)
Money laundering in the light of obligation of identification and due diligence Abstrakt Diploma thesis is focused on money laundering and some of the AML measures. Subject matter of this diploma thesis are two of those AML measures, specifically obligation to identify the customer and obligation to perform customer due diligence, which are required by Czech law. These AML obligations are essential to effectively prevent money laundering. The issue which is this diploma thesis dealing with is firstly whether the range of obliged entities is wide enough and secondly if the scope of conditions under which identifying the customer and due diligence must be exercised is chosen correctly. Diploma thesis is based on thought that for proper adjustment of the AML obligations is necessary to know ways used to launder money. Due to this thought there is a part of this diploma thesis focused on methods of money laundering which follows directly after introductory part focused on broader context. Methods of money laundering are partly well known, however there are quite significant modifications. One of the new challenges in this field is risk of misuse cryptocurrencies, that is why this diploma thesis pays considerable attention to cryptocurrencies. Methods of money laundering are followed with description and...
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System for Anti-Money Laundering Risks Management
Uhrín, Peter ; Kreslíková, Jitka (referee) ; Bartík, Vladimír (advisor)
The aim of this work is to create a module for anti-money laundering risk management. The module should allow downloading and subsequent processing of a financial sanction database issued by the European commission in cooperation with the European Banking Federation and further manage its own blacklist. This module should be subsequently integrated into the existing information system of the company Platební instituce Roger, a.s. This module will allow easier screening of subjects against the financial sanction database, at the same time will provide the tools to create its own screening criteria and, last but not least, it will also allow inspection of the exposition of individual subjects. The resulting module will be implemented in Python programming language, using SQLAlchemy library for working with the database and Web2py framework for integrating the AML module into the company information system.
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The Crime of Money Laundering under Section 216 of the Czech Criminal Code
Wilsdorf, Jan Ondřej ; Pelc, Vladimír (advisor) ; Beranová, Andrea (referee)
The Crime of Money Laundering under Section 216 of the Czech Criminal Code Abstract The diploma thesis aims to examine the crime of legalization of proceeds of criminal activities in its narrower sense, i.e. the crime under S. 216 (2) of the Czech Criminal Code. This crime is referred to as "the crime of money laundering" throughout the thesis, as opposed to the crime of possession of stolen goods under S. 2016 (1) of the Czech Criminal Code. The opening chapter reviews the terminology used by Czech law. Then the thesis briefly addresses the phenomenon of money laundering in a broader context; this chapter also provides with statistics of criminal prosecutions for the named crime in the Czech Republic. In a separate chapter, the thesis names some of the most essential international documents adopted in the area of combating money laundering so far. The thesis then describes and evaluates the evolution of the crime of money laundering under Czech criminal law, namely regarding the respective amendments of the law. The following chapter then analyses the most significant elements of the crime of money laundering, and as such, it represents the centrepiece of the thesis. From this analysis, several important and disputed questions arise and are examined further. The thesis emphasizes e.g. the issue of...
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Beneficial owner in the Light of the AML/CFT Legislation
Roblová, Michaela ; Sejkora, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee)
Money laundering and terrorist financing present major social problems that can negatively impact economic growth of both, the state and the households. The ever-increasing globalization and the trend of removing barriers to the free market make it harder for the authorities to detect and investigate abovementioned crimes. That is why, in recent years, efforts have been made to cooperate in the fight against money laundering, both globally and at European Union level. The European Union keeps constantly improving the AML/CTF legislation. Thanks to that, the Czech Republic can keep up with the rapidly evolving techniques the offenders come up with. This thesis present one of the new legal institutes in the Czech law - beneficial ownership. The idea of beneficial ownership came from the Directive 2015/849 that was implemented into the AML/CFT Act n. 253/2008. Under the Directive, corporates and other legal entities such as trusts will be required to maintain accurate and current information on their beneficial ownership. Beneficial owner is an entity that enjoys the possession and/or benefits of ownership (such as receipt of income). The first part of the thesis concerns the general anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism problematics. It also tackles the concept of ownership...
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Does money laundering determine the direction of FDI?
Gjika, Rubi ; Paulus, Michal (advisor) ; Janský, Petr (referee)
Does money laundering determine the direction of FDI? Rubi Gjika The goal of this thesis is to investigate the relationship of FDI and money laundering through a Gravity model approach. Overall empirical results of the thesis suggest that FDI originating from highly developed European economies are insensitive to money laundering motives. However, its findings diverge only for developed destination countries and they suggest that for this group, jurisdictions officially listed as money laundering centers attract significantly more FDI stocks than other countries.
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Money Laundering
Kryvosheieva, Ganna ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Černá, Iveta (referee)
The thesis deals with evaluation of ant-money laundering effectiveness. In theoretical part money laundering, FATF (Financial Ask Task Force) and AML(anti-money laundering) are defined. Practical part concentrates on the biggest scandals of the latest years and assessment of AML effectiveness. Based on this evaluation, weak places in AML mechanisms were identified. Additionally, tools of AML improvement were determined.
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Illegal activities in banking sector
Barátová, Vanda ; Radová, Jarmila (advisor) ; Fleischmann, Luboš (referee)
Bachelor´s thesis is devoted to the problem of illegal activity in the banking sector, specifically to the chosen issue of money laundering. First part is dedicated to the theoretical assignation of the phenomenon of money laundering and the actual situation and trends in banking. The following parts are focused on fundaments of international law and different forms of appliacation of risk-based approach in combating money laundering troughout the individual chosen coutntries.
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