Research On The Crime Of Money Laundering

With the sustained development of the world economy, the money launderingactivities show a growing trend in the global scope. As an international crime, moneylaundering is a new crime which is derived by its upstream crime. Its great harm anddestruction has caused the extensive concern of legislators, criminal theory andcriminological circles. When facing the serious challenge of money laundering,western countries and international organizations establish the rigorous systems ofanti money laundering crime prevention and control system through the constructionof a series of legislation and related systems.In recent years, the crime phenomenon of drugs, smuggling, bribery andcorruption is increasingly rampant in China. The crime of money laundering activitiesis increased, which brings the more prominent harm to the nation. Although the "PRCCriminal Law" in1997(hereinafter referred to as the "Criminal Law") provide thecrime of money laundering, and enact a series of amendments to the criminal law, inorder to extending the upstream crime of money laundering. However, our country’scriminal legislation and criminology research are developed late in money launderingcrime, which has many defects and deficiencies. In view of the above-mentioned facts,the money laundering crime is often difficult to identify in the judicial practice, andthe definition can not fully meet the needs of preventing and combating the reality ofmoney laundering crime.This dissertation uses the legislative experience of the advanced countries and regions, and explores the crime of money laundering from the criminological angle. Ihope the study would be benefit to the research of money laundering crime.This dissertation is divided into five chapters:Chapter One: the summary of the crime of money laundering, which has theexplanation of concept, the characteristic, the feature, and combs the process andmeans of money laundering;Chapter Two: overview of money laundering crime in our country, whichexpounds the current situation of money laundering crime in China, and a detailedanalysis the trend of money laundering crime in China;Chapter Three: improve and perfect legislation of crime of money laundering,legislation development from domestic and international perspective describes thecrime of money laundering, and focuses on the defect and perfection of legislation onmoney laundering crime in China;Chapter Four: analysis the upstream crime of money laundering, which sketchthe crime of money laundering legislation mode of upstream crime in our country, andenumerate the boundaries between the crime of money laundering and predicateoffences stipulated in the criminal law of our country, and summarize the law theorycircle of our country on the international reference legislation;Chapter Five: the judicial cognizance of the money laundering crime, crime andnon crime, formation of crime and quantity of crime, and also discriminate the relatedcrime of money laundering.