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UNINA9910971751403321 |
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Autore |
Vaccani Matteo |
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Titolo |
Alternative remittance systems and terrorism financing : : issues in risk management / / Matteo Vaccani |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010 |
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9786612422256 |
9781282422254 |
1282422251 |
9780821381793 |
0821381792 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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vii, 28 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 26 cm |
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World bank working paper, , 1726-5878 ; ; no. 180 |
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Disciplina |
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Terrorism - Finance |
Money laundering |
Capital movements |
Emigrant remittances |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Author's Biography; 1. Introduction; 2. Anatomy of the System; Figure 2.1. Basic ARS Transaction Model; 3. Vulnerability to Terrorism Financing; Figure 3.1. Ranjha Case Alleged Transfer Network, 2004-2007; Box 3.1. Al Barakaat: An Essential Chronology; 4. Risk Mitigation Measures; Figure 4.1. Remittance Inflow Recurring Patterns, 1994-2007; 5. Conclusion; Appendix. ARS Settlement Models; Figure A.1. Offsetting Transaction Settlement; Figure A.2. Bilateral Financial Settlement; Figure A.3. Multilateral Financial Settlement |
Figure A.4. Bilateral Trade Settlement Figure A.5. Multilateral Trade Settlement; Figure A.6. Smuggling Settlement; References |
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This paper is designed to cover a subset of such category, i.e. the realm of unregulated/informal Alternative Remittance Systems, also known as informal value transfer systems (IVTS). In these cases, operators form a parallel, underground financial system aimed at rapidly and effectively moving value within or between jurisdictions, |
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often without being detected by regulators and law enforcement, and usually without available transaction records. Where prevalent (as it is often the case in low-income economies), ARS are frequently the only mechanism by which the poor or isolated can send and re |
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UNINA9910972864803321 |
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Autore |
Hill Symon |
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Titolo |
Digital revolutions : activism in the Internet age / / Symon Hill |
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Oxford, : New Internationalist Publications Ltd., 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Internet - Political aspects |
Social action |
Social movements |
Social change |
Internet and activism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword by Peter Tatchell""; ""Introduction""; ""The �menace� of cyberspace""; ""Breaking the monopoly""; ""The hashtag revolution""; ""�We are next!�""; ""Camping on the doorsteps of power""; ""Cyberactivism explodes""; ""Fighting corporations in cyberspace""; ""These hands are our weapons""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From Occupy to the Arab Spring: how the Internet and social media are changing activism and movements. |
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