An analysis of money laundering and terrorism financing typologies

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-111

  Samantha Maitland Irwin, Angela ^a   Raymond Choo, Kim Kwang ^a   Liu, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti money laundering counter terrorism financing; Financing; Money laundering; Terrorism; Typologies; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064665818     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13685201211194745     Document Type: Article

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