Chasing Criminal Money

Asset Recovery in the EU: Towards a Comprehensive Enforcement Model beyond Confiscation? An Introduction
Katalin Ligeti and Michele Simonato

Part I: Forfeiture and Fundamental Rights: Open Questions in the Twenty-First Century
1. Confiscation and the Concept of Punishment: Can There be a Confiscation Without a Conviction?
Michele Panzavolta
2. The History of Confiscation Laws: From the Book of Exodus to the War on White-Collar Crime
Michaël Fernandez-Bertier
3. Civil Forfeiture in Ireland: Two Decades of the Proceeds of Crime Act and the Criminal Assets Bureau
Colin King
4. The Problematic Nature of Asset Recovery Measures: Recent Developments of the Italian Preventive Confiscation
Francesco Mazzacuva
5. Extended Confiscation: Criminal Assets or Criminal Owners?
Johan Boucht
6. Modern Forms of Confiscation and Protection of Third Parties
Isidoro Blanco Cordero

Part II: Not Only About Confiscation: Towards Comprehensive Policies on
Asset Recovery
7. Tax, Money Laundering and Offshore: The HSBC Suisse Affair
Peter Alldridge
8. Asset Recovery in Four Dimensions: Returning Wealth to Victim Countries as a Challenge for Global Governance
Radha Ivory
9. Restitution of Dirty Assets: A Swiss Template for the International Community
Frank Meyer
10. The Relevance of Asset Recovery Policies in Transitional Societies: The Croatian Perspective
Elizabeta Ivicevic Karas and Suncana Roksandic Vidlicka
11. The American Perspective on Recovering Criminal Proceeds in Criminal and Non-Conviction Based Proceedings
Stefan D Cassella
12. The 'Pre-investigative' Role of Financial Intelligence Units in Recovering Assets
Marc Penna
13. Digital Currencies and the Anti-money Laundering/Counter-terrorism Financing Regulations in
the EU: Imaginary Risk or Real Challenge?
Jacek Czarnecki
14. Asset Sharing as a Tool for a More Efficient Cross-Border Asset Recovery in the EU? The EU Asset Sharing Model and its Implementation in Belgium and the Netherlands
Laura Vande Reyde and Dirk Van Daele
15. The Social Reuse of Confiscated Assets in EU Member States: From Current Experiences to an EU Policy for a 'Powered-by-Citizens' Fight Against Crime
Barbara Vettori and Andrea Di Nicola