Council of Europe Book Discusses the Evolution of the International Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Regime

Dirty Money by William G. Gilmore Council of Europe Press 317 pp. 1995 The Council of Europe, already one of the pioneers in forging the international anti-money laundering enforcement regime, has published a book that succinctly lays out the evolution of this regime, particularly the role of the key international organizations and the battle in various geographical regions. Mr. Gilmore, who heads the Department of Public International Law of the University of Edinburgh, is well equipped to tell the story since he has participated in the construction of the regime, from the negotiation of the Vienna Drug Convention in 1988 to the Council of Europe Convention in 1990 and was involved in the work of the Financial Action Task Force, as well as headed the Commercial Crime Unit of the Legal Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London...(more)