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Transnational organised crime groups and the difficulties in intervening with illicit finances have been identified as a high-priority concern by the UK government (see Serious and Organised Crime Strategy (SOCS) (2013))...
Funded by: ESRC
The project specifically focuses on the misuse of corporate vehicles by transnational organized crime groups for concealing illicit finances in the UK.
UK property is increasingly becoming the 'money-laundry' of choice for the world's criminals _(BBC-Panorama-'Following-the-drug-money'-2019)_. Transparency International pinpointed £4.4billion of UK properties boug...
Funded by: Innovate UK
The project addresses the issue of money laundering in the UK property market, which is related to illicit finance, but does not specifically focus on overseas corrupt actors and kleptocrats.
This proposal reflects the AHRC's Research Networking Scheme's Highlight Notice for 'cross-disciplinary research networks exploring emerging areas of cross-cultural enquiry'. More specifically, this proposal is located w...
Funded by: AHRC
The project explores corruption in criminal and non-criminal commercial enterprises, which is related to illicit finance, but does not specifically address the movement and storage of wealth by overseas corrupt actors in the UK.