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19. International Criminal Law | Taiwan
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19.1 Taiwan’s Practice in Anti-Money Laundering

According to the US Treasury, Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained proceeds (i.e. “dirty money”) appear legal (i.e. “clean money”). In other words, money laundering is the process of transferring proceeds derived from criminal activity into legitimate financial circuits, in an attempt to make them appear legally obtai…

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Jing, Yuan-Chou, “19. International Criminal Law | Taiwan”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_1089>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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