Learning from money laundering national risk assessments: the case of Italy and Switzerland

The FATF requires each country to undertake a national risk assessment (NRA) to show the government’s knowledge of money laundering risks. There is little guidance as to how these NRAs are to be conducted, and those that have been published show great variation in terms of data used, analytical meth...

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Main Author: Ferwerda, Joras 1984- (Author)
Contributors: Reuter, Peter 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2019, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-20
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