Trade-Based Money Laundering
In: Monetary, Fiscal and Trade Policies
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Trade-Based Money Laundering: Overview and Policy Issues( -- Summary -- What Is Trade-Based Money Laundering? -- Scope of the Problem -- Vulnerabilities -- Global Hotspots -- Links to Terrorism -- Selected Case Studies -- Hezbollah-Linked TBML -- Toys-for-Drugs BMPE Scheme -- Trade Finance and Hawala Networks -- Selected Policy Responses -- U.S. Participation in the Financial Action Task Force -- U.S. Department of the Treasury Regulatory Actions -- Advisories -- Geographic Targeting Orders -- Special Measures -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Trade -- Transparency Units -- Issues for Congress -- Appendix. 114th Congress Hearings That Included Discussion of Trade-Based Money Laundering -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 -- The Financial Action Task Force: An Overview( -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Mandate -- Progress to Date -- Role of the IMF and World Bank -- Issues for Congress -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Memorandum to Members of the Committee on Financial Services for the Hearing on "Trading with the Enemy: Trade-Based Money Laundering is the Growth Industry in Terror Finance"( -- United States House of Representatives -- Committee on Financial Services -- Introduction1 -- Scope of the Problem -- Global Hotspots -- Links to Terrorism -- Vulnerabilities -- Selected Case Studies -- Hezbollah-Linked TBML -- Toys-for-Drugs BMPE Scheme -- Trade Finance and Hawala Networks -- Selected Policy Responses -- Role of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) -- U.S. Department of the Treasury -- Advisories -- Geographic Targeting Orders -- Special Measures -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- Witness Biographies -- John Cassara, former U.S. Intelligence Officer and Treasury Special Agent -- Louis Bock, former Senior Special Agent, U.S. Customs and Border Protection