Money laundering related to funds from eco-crimes. A sophisticated crime or a primitive practice?
Arkadiusz Tomczyk
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie UWMhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-9411
Abstract
The aim of the article was to draw attention to and bring closer the issue of money laundering related to funds from eco-crime and the practical aspect of this phenomenon. This practice is most often typical for organized crime groups. It has been noticed by international organizations dealing with coun-
teracting money laundering and financing terrorism, which proves its significance. Counteracting this phenomenon seems to be very important. because by effectively preventing the use of unlawfully obtained funds, the devastation of the natural environment will cease to be economically viable. Recognizing the serious threats of illegal trade in species of fauna and flora, it must be stated that in practice each of us is a victim of such crimes, due to the poten-
tial threat of zoonotic diseases, extinction of species, threat to the existence of local communities, etc. The answer to the question posed in the title is not unequivocal, however, the author tends to say that in the cases described, money laundering will most often take on a very complex character, and the-
refore it can be qualified as a sophisticated crime.
Keywords:
criminal law, natural environment, money laundering, trafficking of fauna and flora, organised criminal groupsReferences
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