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Improving Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

Self-Protecting Theory and Money Laundering Reporting Officers

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Authors:
  1. Abdullahi Usman Bello

    1. Forensic Accounting and Financial Investigation, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Abuja, Nigeria

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  • Develops practical suggestions for improving effectiveness and efficiency in AML in the UK and internationally
  • Innovatively utilises grounded theory to describe the behavior of individuals in the banking sector
  • Incorporates a wealth of empirical data drawn from interviews

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

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Abdullahi Usman Bello
    Pages 1-24

  3. Background of the AML Environment

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    Pages 25-46

  4. Self-Protecting Theory – A Theory of MLROs

    • Abdullahi Usman Bello
    Pages 47-91

  5. Compliance and Regulatory Dilemma

    • Abdullahi Usman Bello
    Pages 93-105

  6. The Potential Solution to the Dilemma

    • Abdullahi Usman Bello
    Pages 107-124

  7. General Application of the Self-protecting Theory

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    Pages 125-145

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 147-178

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 179-207
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About this book

This book provides practical recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of AML compliance by introducing the theory, framework and approach for dealing with the concerns of Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) within the UK banking industry. Accordingly, Bello focusses on providing a theoretical explanation of compliance behaviour which is inadequately covered. Although the research is centred on MLROs within the UK banking industry, the self-protecting theory discovered from the research has general application to other compliance officers within and outside the UK.  It is also applicable to regulatory environments in other economic sectors. The choice of MLROs and the UK as the focus of the study was because these individuals are arguably the most important stakeholders in AML and the UK is one of the largest financial centres in the world that provides opportunity for money laundering activities. A methodological and detailed study, this bookwill be of particular interest to practitioners and the regulatory authorities, as well as scholars of criminology and finance.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Forensic Accounting and Financial Investigation, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Abuja, Nigeria

    Abdullahi Usman Bello

About the author

Dr. Bello holds a PhD in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with more than 17 years working experience. He was the Deputy Head of Department, Monitoring and Analysis at the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the Head of Forensic Accounting and Financial Investigation at the EFCC. He was also a lecturer at Newcastle Business School, UK and a former banker with the then Afribank Plc and Stanbic Bank.


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