| In recent years,serious violations of laws and regulations in the financial field have been increasing,causing damages and threats to the legitimate rights and interests of the people and national security.In particular,money laundering has become a global public hazard,the money involved in is often of big amount,which seriously threatens the world financial order and economic development.In the G20 Leaders' Communiqué of the Hangzhou Summit(2016),President Xi Jinping and leaders of various countries pledged to improve the system and enhance the international community's ability to combat money laundering,terrorist financing and tax evasion.With the rapid development of Internet finance,traditional money laundering crimes have begun to be further upgraded with the help of the power of science and technology,and its deceptiveness has been greatly improved.And the cryptocurrency is gradually favored by network criminals as a tool for money laundering because of its high anonymity and convenience.Although the Notice on the Prevention of Bitcoin Risk issued by the People's Bank of China,the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,and the China Banking Regulatory Commission,China Securities Regulatory Commission,China Insurance Regulatory Commission in 2013 clearly denied that Bitcoin has the legal status equivalent to legal tender,it is determined that it cannot and is not appropriate being used as a currency in the market,but it can be seen as specific virtual commodity,and ordinary citizens can participate freely in its transactions as a commodity trading on the Internet at their own risk.Thus,the risk of money laundering using cryptocurrency is always exist,as evidenced by the number of cases that have occurred in recent years at home and abroad.Therefore,in order to find appropriate countermeasures for the investigation agency,it is extremely necessary to conduct research on the crime of money laundering using cryptocurrency.The first thing that needs to be solved at the beginning of this thesis is some basic questions: Why choose to focus on the cryptocurrency,how does it differ from digital currency and virtual currency,how to define the crime of money laundering using cryptocurrency,and how is the specific process carried out.After explaining the related concepts and operational mechanisms of money laundering using cryptocurrency,the second part of the thesis mainly focuses on the characteristics and patterns of money laundering using cryptocurrencies,as well as its' status quo.The third part will sort out the relevant laws and regulations governing the money laundering crimes using cryptocurrency worldwide.The final part concentrates on the governance of money laundering using cryptocurrency,aims to propose corresponding strategies from the perspective of investigation and prevention for the governance of such crimes.The crime of money laundering using cryptocurrency raised higher requirements for investigation work.In order to effectively deal with such crimes,it is necessary to combine traditional investigation thinking and methods with Internet thinking and computer technology.The purpose of the thesis is to help the investigation and prevention activities of investigators through the study of such crimes.At the same time,it is hoped that the thesis could give the legislative department some suggestions when it comes to formulate relative laws and regulations,and finally reduce the occurrence of such crimes,create a safe and stable internet financial environment. |
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