Recent Developments in Money Laundering Policies and Offshore Finance Centers

Mark Hampton (m.hampton@kent.ac.uk) and Maurice Levi

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the growth of money laundering in conjunction with the associated development of offshore finance centers (OFCs) located in small places such as islands or microstates in the Caribbean and elsewhere. The paper then examines recent policy developments concerning money laundering and OFCs, such as the workings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the regional Task Forces such as the Caribbean Task Force.

Keywords: BANKING; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F20 G21 O2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 1999
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