Skip to main content
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

Anti-Money Laundering

A Comparative and Critical Analysis of the UK and UAE's Financial Intelligence Units

  • Book
  • © 2016

Overview

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

Keywords

About this book

This book critically analyses the role of the United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in the Suspicious Activities Reports regime. The author pays particular attention to its functions and powers in dealing with Suspicious Activities Reports and relevant requirements imposed upon the reporting entities. In the analysis, the author also compares the United Arab Emirates FIU model to the United Kingdom FIU model.

In addition, the book investigates whether the current United Arab Emirates FIU model complies with the relevant international recommendations developed by the Financial Action Task Force in relation to the establishment of the unit, as well as its powers and functions.

This book suggests that more can be done to improve the current functions and powers of the United Arab Emirates FIU in an international context. Furthermore, the author suggests that the functions and powers of the United FIU model both comply with the international requirements andbeneficially extend beyond their directives. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dubai Public Prosecution, SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates

    Waleed Alhosani

About the author

Dr. Waleed Alhosani is a lecturer at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he teaches a course on the penal code of the UAE. He is also currently Chief Prosecutor at Dubai Public Prosecution, UAE. Dr. Alhosani received a PhD in Anti-Money Laundering from Bangor University (UK) in 2014, having previously earned a High Diploma of Legal & Judicial Science from Dubai Judicial Institute (UAE) in 2005 and a master’s degree in private law from the Department of Law at the University of Sharjah (UAE) in 2007. His research interests focus on criminal law, banking and anti-money laundering.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us