Akartuna, Eray Arda;
Johnson, Shane D;
Thornton, Amy E;
(2022)
The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review.
Security Journal
10.1057/s41284-022-00356-z.
(In press).
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Abstract
New and disruptive technologies, including cryptocurrencies and new payment methods, are revolutionising the way people engage with finance. Although they provide significant benefits to consumers, they are also inadvertently creating new money laundering and terrorist financing risks. This paper examines the risks that are, or are predicted to be, prevalent in three technology sectors—distributed ledger technologies (including cryptocurrencies), new payment methods and financial technologies (FinTech), through a systematic scoping review process. Specifically, the paper identifies enablers of both crimes, the precise criminal methods they might facilitate, at-risk stakeholders (of exploitation and/or complicity) and risk characteristics. The study involves systematic scoping reviews of the academic and futures literatures as well as a consultation exercise with experts to assess the likely veracity of the findings. In addition to identifying an array of specific risks, we identify six underlying trends that facilitate them. We discuss these, their policy implications, future directions for research and their benefit for conducting risk assessments to assess forthcoming technological developments.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The money laundering and terrorist financing risks of new and disruptive technologies: a futures-oriented scoping review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41284-022-00356-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-022-00356-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Money laundering, Terrorist financing, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, New payment methods, FinTech |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157307 |
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