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Information Sources in the Process of Revealing the Legalization of Proceeds of Crime
prof. Ing. Jozef Stieranka, PhD., Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Departmenf of Criminal Police
Ing. Jana Hudecová, LL.M., Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava. Slovak Republic, Departmenf of Criminal Police, external PhD. student
Abstract
Authors point out the necessity of using reliable information sources (registers) as a basic prerequisite for effective detection of the legalization of proceeds of crime. The article is divided into two parts. The first part describes methodological baseline for latent crime detection as one of the police activities and outlines certain specifics of detecting of the legalization of criminal proceeds. The second part is dedicated to selected public registers that can be utilized by obliged entities as sources of information when analyzing and assessing business operations in order to detect possible cases of legalization of proceeds of crime. Basic theoretical methods such as analysis and synthesis of knowledge from professional and scientific publications and selected laws were used in the preparation of the article.
Keywords: laundering of proceeds of crime, crime activity indicators, latent criminal activity, information sources, public registers, ultimate beneficial owner.