Research Catalog

Title

All is clouded by desire : global banking, money laundering, and international organized crime / Alan A. Block and Constance A. Weaver.

Author

Block, Alan A.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Weaver, Constance A., 1949-

Description

xix, 263 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

International and comparative criminology

Uniform Title

International and comparative criminology.

Subjects

• Money laundering > Case studies
• Transnational crime > Case studies
• Organized crime > Russia (Federation)
• Rappaport, Bruce
• Bank of New York Corrupt practices
• Banks and banking > Corrupt practices > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-252) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction : the bank of New York and Bruce Rappaport -- Ch. 2. The Indonesian affair : spies, lies, and oil -- Ch. 3. The underworld of banking and financial fraud : inter maritime and castle banks -- Ch. 4. The Antigua experience : crooked banks and narcotraffickers -- Ch. 5. Rappaport at work : Iraq, Oman, and Iran/Contra -- Ch. 6. The Bank of New York and Rappaport : together at last -- Ch. 7. Moving hot money : Riggs National Bank and Valmet S.A. -- Ch. 8. The criminal element : Benex and the Red Mafia -- Ch. 9. Inkombank and BONY : the Rashomon effect and the Klein hypotheses -- Ch. 10. Conclusion : the crisis in Russian banking and the character of the Bank of New York.

ISBN

0275983307 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004040892

OCLC

• ocm54543193
• SCSB-5063556

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries