NCJ Number
182235
Date Published
2000
Length
165 pages
Annotation
The Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 made it a Federal criminal offense to conduct a financial transaction involving the proceeds of another crime; as amended in 1988 and 1992, the act also made it possible for Federal law enforcement agencies to forfeit all property involved in the money laundering offense or in a conspiracy to commit one.
Abstract
In the years since the act and its amendments were enacted, Federal courts have issued hundreds of decisions interpreting all significant aspects of the statutes themselves and related issues that arise in litigation. Virtually all these decisions are included in this compilation of Federal money laundering cases. The cases are organized topically, addressing first the elements of the respective statuettes and then other issues such as sentencing that frequently arise in Federal litigation. The first half of the book deals with substantive money laundering, while the second half is concerned with what may be forfeited under money laundering statutes.