CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Rácz, Tibor |
|---|---|
| Title | How Does Whistleblowing and Leaking Affect Anti-Money Laundering Policy Changes in the European Union? |
| Summary | Purpose: The purpose of this Thesis to detect whether whistleblowing and exposed leaks are triggers for anti-money laundering policy changes and analyze those changes in the European Union and in some of the Member States of the European Union. Desig n/Methodology/A pproach: Literature review, analysis of recent scandals and the policy responses. Additionally I conducted an interview with the member of the cabinet of Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, and Consumers and Gender Equality. I also analyzed news, investigative articles, and leaked database connected to money laundering schemes. Findings: Such giant leaks like the Panama Papers, revealed three years ago, has serious impacts on policy making, even in the anti-money laundering field in the European Union. The purpose of money laundering is to hide the origin and legalize dirty money, therefore without insider information, for example transfers from banks and mails would be very hard to know about the process and regulate the field. Money laundering is also a threat not just for the financial sector but the whole economy. Originality/Value: The topic is original, because this connection between leaks and anti-money laundering policy changes has rarely been subject of research that was also one of the limitations of the Thesis. That is also the reason behind I used sources like newspapers or database of investigative journalist organizations. The papers value also that I used real transactions from leaks thanks to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project for get me access to their database. Keywords: money laundering, policy, leak, investigation, financial crime, organized crime |
| Supervisor | Bőgel György |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/racz_tibor.pdf |
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