Cyberpayments: Internet and Electronic Money Laundering: Countdown to the Year 2000

Advancing technology has improved the ability of financial institutions and their users to conduct cybercommerce. Improved technology, however, has also provided an opportunity for criminals and fraudsters to use computer software systems to transfer their illicit gains and thereby sustain their cri...

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Published in:Journal of financial crime 1996-04, Vol.4 (2), p.156-160
Main Authors: Alexander, Kern, Munro, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Advancing technology has improved the ability of financial institutions and their users to conduct cybercommerce. Improved technology, however, has also provided an opportunity for criminals and fraudsters to use computer software systems to transfer their illicit gains and thereby sustain their criminal enterprises. Cybercommerce depends on rapid, anonymous and unsupervised transactions. Such a system is extremely vulnerable to criminals seeking to launder money on the Internet. In a system where there are millions of transactions unsupervised by financial institutions, comprehensive oversight becomes impractical.
ISSN:1359-0790
DOI:10.1108/eb025768