The social impact of counter terrorist finance policies in the UK

Examines the impact of counterterrorism finance policies on British individuals, groups, or sectors of society. At issue is the anti-money laundering/counterterrorist finance (AML/CTF) legislation & the claims that it has increased financial exclusion, made it difficult to send remittances abroa...

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Published in:Crime, law, and social change law, and social change, 2005-12, Vol.44 (4-5), p.441-464
Main Author: SPROAT, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charities
Councils
Counterterrorism
Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide
Criminology
Finance
Financial policy
Financial services
Financing methods
Great Britain
Intelligence services
Legislation
Money laundering
Muslims
National Security
Policing
Policy making
Social impact
Social Impact Assessment
Society
Sociology
Sociology of law and criminology
Studies
Terrorism
Terrorism financing
Treasuries
United Kingdom
War on terror
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Summary:Examines the impact of counterterrorism finance policies on British individuals, groups, or sectors of society. At issue is the anti-money laundering/counterterrorist finance (AML/CTF) legislation & the claims that it has increased financial exclusion, made it difficult to send remittances abroad, & damaged Islamic charities & civil society generally. The AML/CTF policies in the UK are briefly described before detailing their impact & evaluating the credibility of the aforementioned claims. It is concluded that these claims are unsubstantiated. D. Edelman
ISSN:0925-4994
1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-006-9029-1