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Economic crime and its prevention
Mišianik, Peter ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Herczeg, Jiří (referee)
1 Resumé The purpose of my thesis is to analyze the concept of economic crime in its whole size. The reason why I chose this topic is its international danger and high damage caused by this kind of crime. This subject is discussed in international organizations and is focused in its documents, because only international co-operation is able to fight with such crime. The thesis is composed of two parts (four chapters) - general and special. The first part (first and second chapter) is dealing with theoretical issues. The goal of this part is to introduce and define basic terminology found in the thesis like economic crime or financial crime. It is as well dealing with basic criminological characteristics of economic crime like the phenomenology, specifics of offenders, etiology or control mechanism and prevention of economic crime. The second part (third and fourth chapter) describes money laundering as a distinctive example of economic crime and the criminal liability of corporations as an instrument for fighting with economic crime. Describing the theoretical process of money laundering and focusing on legislative statute No. 253/2008, where the proper legislation is found, is the basis of chapter three. Chapter four is composed of three subchapters, where is described the term criminal liability of...
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Economic and legal aspect of money laundering
Dongres, Miroslav ; Hraba, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Bažantová, Ilona (referee)
v anglickém jazyce Economic and legal aspect of money laundering Miroslav Dongres The UN defines it as "Money laundering is a process which disguises illegal profits without compromising the criminals who wish to benefit from the proceeds". Money laundering is a dangerous activity. Funds that pass through this process become a source for a various criminal activities, such as terrrorism, corruption, etc. The thesis is composed of three main parts. First part deal with methods and stages of money laundering. Money laundering is a sophisticated activity, with a high degree of complexity, which requires a certain level of planning. entertain various features and steps which are necessary to clear the funds. Stages are named as placement, layering and integration. The first part is given to a few real examples of ways of money laundering. Money laundering is an international issue. In today's world where there is almost no borders is neccesary develop an appropriate international cooperation, both at global and regional which is one of the characters of fighting against money laundering. The Second part of thesis show some of international organization engaged in this illicit activity, such as UN, EU, FATF, etc. It also introduce their rules and programs to fight to money laundering. There is a large...
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Analysis of measures against money laundering in the banking sector in Russia and the Czech Republic
Vasilyeva, Valeriya ; Teplý, Petr (advisor) ; Fleischmann, Luboš (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on analysis of contemporary money laundering problem in Czech Republic and Russia. In this connection, emphasis is placed on cyber risk and risk in IT sphere. The first part is devoted to theoretical definition of money laundering, description of virtual currency and shows on example the use of virtual currency to launder money from criminal activities. The second part focuses on the activities of the authorities, responsible for preventing money laundering in both states, and legislative regulation the field of AML. The last part is a summary and discussion of the effectiveness of AML regulation in the Czech Republic and Russia.
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Legalizace výnosu z trestné činnosti- mikroekonomická a makroekonomická perspektiva
Danková, Diana ; Šíma, Ondřej (advisor) ; Kováč, Michal (referee)
The primary objective of this diploma thesis is to comprehensively present the issue of money laundering not only on a macro level but also in terms of commercial bank and its microeconomic response to it. The main contribution of this diploma thesis is to identify the global indicators, which should be considered when drafting strategies in the fight against the legalization of proceeds from crimes. This diploma thesis addresses the changes caused by current globalization and highlights the dangerous effects it has on evolution of this consequent criminal activity together with evaluation of its potential in the future. Due to the tense situation in Europe caused by the series of terrorist attacks, part of the work is dedicated to the explanation of the relationship between terrorist financing and money laundering.
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Tax Havens and Their Use
Komárková, Renata ; Filipová, Vladimíra (referee) ; Kopřiva, Jan (advisor)
This master thesis deals with the characteristics of tax havens, approach beneficiary companies and way of their use and potential abuse. The first part defines basic terms, which are tax havens are closely linked. The second part is devoted to the characterization chosen tax havens in different areas of model-based taxation example of two types of companies. The third part contains the suggestions and recommendations for setting up a company in a tax haven.
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The combating money laundering
Mareš, Ladislav ; Schlossberger, Otakar (advisor) ; Špániková, Kateřina (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to describe a history of money laundering, a basic process of money laundering, regulations and responsibilities of designated sectors. There is interpreted the main purpose of FATF organization, also mention about the most influent document of international standards on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism & proliferation, members, observers and other participants in this independent inter-governmental organization. There is also a mention about the main purpose of Financial Intelligent Unit on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the Czech Republic. The practical part of this bachelor thesis is to provide new information about the proposed Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive which it is a reaction on the latest FATF recommendations from February 2012. There are mentions about the newest and most important changes in this proposed EU Directive and there is also a comparison between the Third and proposed Fourth EU AML Directive.
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Anti-money laundering measures from the perspective of financial law
Špás, Martin ; Marková, Hana (advisor) ; Vybíral, Roman (referee)
This thesis, titled "Anti-money laundering measures from the perspective of financial law" aims to introduce the essential aspects of the money laundering and futher to define basic procedures and methods for the fight against money laundering, not only on the national level but also on the international level. It is mainly focused on the description and explication of this worldwide phenomenon which is affecting the national economics and national interests. The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the current legislation, for example by comparative analysis of the different legislation in selected countries. In context of globalisation and development of information and communication technologies, it is necessary to develop the legislation constantly and to reflect new tendencies which money laundering lead to. This organised crime is a phenomenon threatening the global economy, therefore each state should develop and implement the right legal measures in this area in order to substantially reduce this economic crime.
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Legislation and sactions of money laundering in European Union
Havlová, Berenika ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Žák, Květoslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on legislation of money laundering in European Union. The work is divided into 4 parts - first chapter is devoted to legislation of money laundering outside the EU, second chapter is concentrated on European legislation concerning this topic. Then there is a system of sanctions and penalties for money laundering in general and those of 3 selected EU member countries described in the third chapter. The practice of European court of Justice is shown on specific judgements as a practical part of this thesis in last chapter. The aim of this thesis is to answer a question of whether the European Union is successful in fight against money laundering.
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Money laundering
Kratochvílová, Eliška ; Strouhal, Jiří (advisor) ; Smrčka, Luboš (referee)
Money laundering is the process which involves transforming illegal financial resources into legal money. Laundered money is a product of illegal activity and that is the reason why it is considered a criminal act. At the beginning of this thesis will be introduced the history of money laundering, described its characteristics and phases and the most important laws surrounding these issues. The practical part will be focused on the program of action taken to prevent money laundering in a well known Czech bank, which will remain anonymous in order to ensure its protection. At the end of this work the employees' knowledge of this program will be evaluated through an anonymous questionnaire which will be given to the bank employees.
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