2nd Edition

Banks: Fraud and Crime

Edited By Joseph Norton, George Walker Copyright 2000
    498 Pages
    by Informa Law from Routledge

    Banks: Fraud and Crime explores the main issues which arise in bank fraud world-wide and looks at the possible options available for corrective action. A series of leading commentators examine the basic nature of bank fraud and financial crime, comparing the legal and regulatory framework in England to those in place in the USA and elsewhere. Banks: Fraud and Crime also takes a detailed look at the core issue of money laundering at a national, regional and international level as well as considering the many other complex issues arising from bank fraud and financial crime.

    Preface, Contributors, Table of cases, Table of legislation, CHAPTER 1. BANKS-FRAUD AND CRIME: A SURVEY OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES UNDER ENGLISH LAW, CHAPTER 2. SERIOUS FRAUD-A BANKER'S PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 3. BANKS, POLICING AND THE REGULATION OF MONEY LAUNDERING IN ENGLAND AND WALES, CHAPTER 4. FRAUD AGAINST BANKS: A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE, CHAPTER 5. THE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN PROTECTING AGAINST BANK FRAUD, CHAPTER 6. CROSS-BORDER FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY, CHAPTER 7. BCCI AND THE LESSONS FOR BANK SUPERVISORS, CHAPTER 8. OPERATIONAL RISK IN BANKING INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 9. BANKS, MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, CHAPTER 10. MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS: THE US FRAMEWORK, CHAPTER 11. THE UNITED STATES' PERSPECTIVE ON BANK FRAUD, CHAPTER 12. FINANCIAL FRAUD AND CRIME AND LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN BANK AND THRIFT CRISIS, CHAPTER 13. INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT FINANCIAL FRAUD AND CRIME, CHAPTER 14. INTERNET PAYMENT SERVICES AND CRIME IN CYBERSPACE, APPENDICES, Index

    Biography

    Professor Joseph J. Norton is the James L. Walsh Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Financial Institutions and Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law, Texas, USA.

    Professor George Walker is a Professor in International Financial Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London.