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White Collar Crime From Scratch: Some Observations On The East European Experience, Sarah N. Welling
White Collar Crime From Scratch: Some Observations On The East European Experience, Sarah N. Welling
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This Essay recounts the Author’s experiences with an American Bar Association program called the Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI). The Author traveled in Eastern Europe and focused on white collar crime issues in Poland. The Author was exposed to Eastern Europe's conversion to democracy and a market economy and the role of white collar crime in this conversion. Poland is drafting white collar crime statutes from scratch. There is also the opportunity that Poland’s effort can help us examine our attitudes toward white collar crime.
Money Laundering: The Anti-Structuring Laws, Sarah N. Welling
Money Laundering: The Anti-Structuring Laws, Sarah N. Welling
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Several money laundering laws do not apply until the amount of money involved exceeds $10,000. The laws include three reporting requirements and one substantive crime. Launderers have responded to these laws in part by "structuring" their transactions--breaking them up so the amound involved in each transaction is less than $10,000. This Article collects and analyzes the laws that make structuring a crime. I have discussed one such law, the cash transaction report (CTR) anti-structuring statute, in a previous article. This Article analyzes the anti-structuring provisions of the three other money laundering laws that use numerical thresholds. It also examines how …