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"Contents" [2004] ELECD 123; in Pieth, Mark; Aiolfi, Gemma (eds), "A Comparative Guide to Anti-Money Laundering" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004)

Book Title: A Comparative Guide to Anti-Money Laundering

Editor(s): Pieth, Mark; Aiolfi, Gemma

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843766735

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Contents
Foreword viii
Abbreviations ix
Contributors xvi

Executive summary xvii
Mark Pieth and Gemma Aiolfi
Introduction xxii
Mark Pieth

PART I

1. International standards against money laundering 3
Mark Pieth
I Introduction 3
II Creating a new paradigm (1970­1990) 3
III Spreading the gospel 12
IV The 1996 and 2003 revisions of the FATF recommendations:
`beyond drugs and banks' 15
V Securing implementation within the club and with
non-members 19
VI Re-defining the problem: moving from anti-money
laundering to OFCS 22
VII Sharpening the focus on CDD: towards a risk-based
approach 23
VIII September 11th and the aftermath: a new paradigm ­ or
more of the same? 33

PART II: COUNTRY REPORTS

Foreword to the country reports 45
Mark Pieth
2. Role of Switzerland, United States of America, United Kingdom
and Singapore as major financial centres 47
Oxford Analytica Ltd
I Overview of world financial markets 47
II Sectoral trends 48

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III The role of the banking system within the domestic
economy 54
IV Private banking 56
V Non-banking financial services: organizers and introducers 61

3. Country Report: Anti-money laundering laws and regulations in
Singapore 64
Madeline Lee
I Executive summary 64
II Introduction 65
III Historical development and significance of Singapore as
a financial centre 66
IV Institutions of the anti-money laundering system 73
V Criminal law 75
VI Mutual legal assistance 87
VII Extradition act 89
VIII Law enforcement agencies of the Singapore AML system 91
IX Supervisory ...