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In this chapter money laundering will be approached from two perspectives. First, the money laundering concept will be explored. Attention will be paid to the historical background and the functional description of money laundering. Also, the effects of money laundering and the need to tackle this phenomenon will be briefly discussed. From there the focus will shift to the second perspective, the combat of money laundering. The international legal framework for the repression and the prevention of money laundering will be described in general. With that, the existing network in place to fight money laundering will be revealed. Furthermore, attention will be paid to Dutch initiatives to improve the existing network and to create new networks. These are among other aimed at a better cooperation between government bodies and private parties. In time these initiatives might be a valuable contribution to the international fight against money laundering.
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Diepenmaat, F. (2021). (The Fight Against) Money Laundering: It’s All About Networks. In: Granados, O.M., Nicolás-Carlock, J.R. (eds) Corruption Networks. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81484-7_7
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