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The Role of Legal Professionals in Combating Money Laundering
Plevová, Magdaléna ; Boháč, Radim (advisor) ; Marková, Hana (referee)
Legal professions and their role in combating money laundering The submitted thesis deals with the topic of combating the legitimisation of proceeds of crime for which the term 'anti-money laundering' (AML) is appropriate, while focusing on the role of legal professions represented by lawyers and notaries. This is a controversial topic because lawyers and notaries can act in different roles. On the one hand, when performing monitored activities, they have the status of an obligated person who applies AML measures in relation to their clients and their businesses in order to prevent the abuse of the financial system for money laundering. On the other hand, they fulfil the role of "gatekeepers" to money laundering efforts, due to the varied nature of services they provide. The aim of the thesis is to present these different roles of legal professions and to find out whether the Czech legislation in the area of AML has any significant shortcomings. In this context, it is also a task to evaluate the functioning of the AML system in the Czech Republic with a focus on legal professions and their most vulnerable services. To achieve the set goals in the thesis the methods of description, analysis, synthesis and comparison is mostly applied. The thesis provides an overview of the process of money...
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