The Experience of the Kingdom of Jordan in Combating the Crime of Money Laundering

Abstract

This study is an attempt to tackle the crime of money laundering and shed light on the efforts of the Kingdom of Jordan in combating it. Money laundering is considered one of the prevalent crimes in most of the countries and one of the most complicated phenomena not only because of its wide prevalence, that makes it a thorn in the side of all of the developed and developing countries, but also because of the difficulty of forming, determining and defeating it. Therefore, the study aims at identifying the illegal money, how they are laundered and its systematic basis. It also shows the efforts of the Kingdom of Jordan in combating it nationally and internationally. In order to achieve these objectives, the study is divided into two sections. The first part tackles the concept of illegal money laundering by exploring its principal elements; the second one handles the efforts of the Kingdom in combating it nationally and internationally. The study is concluded with the results, recommendations, references and bibliography.

Keywords: Experience, Combating, Crime, Money laundering, Jordan