Chasing Criminal Money

Katalin Ligeti is Professor of European and International Criminal Law at the University of Luxembourg. Michele Simonato is a post-doctoral researcher in EU and Comparative Criminal Law at Utrecht University.

• Asset Recovery in the EU: Towards a Comprehensive Enforcement Model beyond Confiscation? An Introduction Katalin Ligeti and Michele SimonatoPart I: Forfeiture and Fundamental Rights: Open Questions in the Twenty-First Century1. Confiscation and the Concept of Punishment: Can There be a Confiscation Without a Conviction? Michele Panzavolta2. The History of Confiscation Laws: From the Book of Exodus to the War on White-Collar Crime Michaël Fernandez-Bertier3. Civil Forfeiture in Ireland: Two Decades of the Proceeds of Crime Act and the Criminal Assets BureauColin King4. The Problematic Nature of Asset Recovery Measures: Recent Developments of the Italian Preventive ConfiscationFrancesco Mazzacuva5. Extended Confiscation: Criminal Assets or Criminal Owners? Johan Boucht6. Modern Forms of Confiscation and Protection of Third Parties Isidoro Blanco CorderoPart II: Not Only About Confiscation: Towards Comprehensive Policies onAsset Recovery7. Tax, Money Laundering and Offshore: The HSBC Suisse Affair Peter Alldridge8. Asset Recovery in Four Dimensions: Returning Wealth to Victim Countries as a Challenge for Global Governance Radha Ivory9. Restitution of Dirty Assets: A Swiss Template for the International Community Frank Meyer10. The Relevance of Asset Recovery Policies in Transitional Societies: The Croatian Perspective Elizabeta Ivicevic Karas and Suncana Roksandic Vidlicka11. The American Perspective on Recovering Criminal Proceeds in Criminal and Non-Conviction Based Proceedings Stefan D Cassella12. The ‘Pre-investigative’ Role of Financial Intelligence Units in Recovering Assets Marc Penna13. Digital Currencies and the Anti-money Laundering/Counter-terrorism Financing Regulations inthe EU: Imaginary Risk or Real Challenge? Jacek Czarnecki14. Asset Sharing as a Tool for a More Efficient Cross-Border Asset Recovery in the EU? The EU Asset Sharing Model and its Implementation in Belgium and the Netherlands Laura Vande Reyde and Dirk Van Daele15. The Social Reuse of Confiscated Assets in EU Member States: From Current Experiences to an EU Policy for a ‘Powered-by-Citizens’ Fight Against Crime Barbara Vettori and Andrea Di Nicola

...this collection is immensely useful for anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the key features of asset recovery. But more importantly, it is a conversation starter; as it promises, it unleashes a torrent of constructive criticism of the objectives, scope and impediments of asset recovery.