It looks at how these agreements have been applied in offshore financial centers and demonstrates that despite a number of legally binding un conventions as well as global anti money laundering. Banking secrecy and offshore financial centers money laundering and offshore banking routledge research in finance and banking law ebook young mary alice amazonca kindle store. Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. The work draws on the experience of criminologists to offer critical insight into the legislative frameworks designed to deal with banking secrecy and confiscation in offshore financial centers it goes on to offer suggestions for measures that may be taken by major economies to circumvent the lack of cooperation by offshore financial centers as intolerance towards money laundering grows in . Offshore banking is a legitimate financial exercise or a legal banking activity in which the bank in which the deposits are held in located in an offshore financial center where confidentiality is strict policy and the tax structure of the offshore jurisdiction is normally inventory friendly with no taxes