Anti-Money Laundering and the Law: Comparative Approaches to Countering Predicate Crimes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032726588)

Engin Erken is a major in the General Command of Gendarmerie (T?rkiye). Engin completed his PhD at the Research Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity at Coventry University. During his PhD studies, Engin participated as a research assistant in three EU-funded projects, namely VIRTEU (https: //www.corporatecrime.co.uk/virteu), PROTAX (https: //protax-project.eu), and TRACE (https: //trace-illicit-money-flows.eu). Engin is currently a lecturer in crime prevention strategies at Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy (T?rkiye). His research focuses on law enforcement practices in countering financial crimes with a specific interest in preventing money laundering and its underlying predicate offences.

Umut Turksen is Professor in Law at the Centre Financial and Corporate Integrity of Coventry University. Umut is a business-facing legal academic, and he is interested in the practical application of the law in innovation, societal security, and development. He has provided consultancy and training to prestigious international businesses and government projects. He led the EU funded project 'PROTAX', which focused on countering tax crimes in Europe, and he is currently coordinating another EU funded project, TRACE, (https: //trace-illicit-money-flows.eu) which aims to create technology-based solutions (including AI) for tracking illicit money and virtual asset flows. In addition to his expertise in financial crime, societal security, risk and compliance, Umut has published extensively on energy law and security, international trade law and development, and arbitration. See, https: //pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/umut-turksen for further details.