1st Edition

Securitization, Accountability and Risk Management Transforming the Public Security Domain

Edited By Karin Svedberg Helgesson, Ulrika Mörth Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This edited volume examines the reconstitution of the public security domain since the 9/11 attacks, focusing on the banking sector and anti-money laundering (AML) activity in particular. Since the inception of the ‘Financial Action Taskforce’ (FATF) in 1989, AML has been viewed as a global problem. This text argues that the securitization of the financial sector as a result of AML has entailed... Read more

1. Introduction: Securitization, Accountability and Risk Management: Transforming the Public Security Domain Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth  2. The FATF as the Central Promoter of the Anti-Money Laundering Regime  Anja P. Jakobi  3. The EU Anti-Money Laundering Legal Regime Sideek M. Seyad  4. Anti-Money Laundering in the United States Jan Hallenberg  5. The Managerialization of Security Michael Power  6. Tools and Securitization: The Instrumentation of AML/CTF Policies in French Banks Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Thierry Godefroy and Pierre Lascoumes  7. Trace My Money if You Can: European Security Management of Financial Flows Anthony Amicelle  8. The Multiple Positions of Private Actors in Securitization Karin Svedberg Helgesson  9. Conclusions: The Manifestations of Securitization Karin Svedberg Helgesson and Ulrika Mörth

Biography

Karin Svedberg Helgesson is Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Organization, Stockholm School of Economics.

Ulrika Mörth is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University.