Outside of crimes of passion, criminals, criminal organizations, kleptocrats, and some businesses and corporations are motivated by greed.
The author of five books and countless articles on Money Laundering and threat finance, Cassara continues to surface important issues that deserve our attention..
He delights in telling it as it is.
Equally at home in back streets or government bureaucracies, he has a unique perspective and offers an insider\'s knowledge.
As a former Treasury Special Agent, John Cassara has investigated and studied Money Laundering for over 30 years.
Combining facts, straight-forward explanations, case studies, as well as the author\'s personal experiences, views and commentary, this book is valuable to the public and private sectors, policy makers, as well as students and concerned citizens.
Making the case for an AML paradigm shift, the book offers alternative steps forward.
It exposes threats, enablers, and facilitators.
Written primarily from a law enforcement perspective, the book examines old and new Money Laundering methodologies.
Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows - Following the Money and Value Trails is the first book to take a hard look at our AML track record.
The outlook going forward is not promising.
Examining the metrics that matter, we are a decimal point away from total failure.
Unfortunately, the last thirty years have demonstrated that our anti-Money Laundering (AML) countermeasures are not effective.
Laundering or hiding and disguising the proceeds of crime is essential for criminal organizations.
The magnitude of crime is measured in the multi-trillions of dollars annually.
Transnational crime effects our individual and collective security.
In today\'s increasingly interconnected world, the criminal manifestations of unchecked avarice impact all of us - politically, socially, economically, and culturally.
Outside of crimes of passion, criminals, criminal organizations, kleptocrats, and some businesses and corporations are motivated by greed