Testing the limits of solicitor‐client privilege: Lawyers, money laundering, and suspicious transaction reporting

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-47

  Schneider, Stephen ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Lawyers; Legal profession; Money laundering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899188287     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13685200610645201     Document Type: Article

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