Financial crime and gambling in a virtual world : a new frontier in cybercrime / Clare Chambers-Jones, associate professor in law, University of the West England, UK ; with Henry Hillman, research assistant, University of the West England, UK.
2014
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Title
Financial crime and gambling in a virtual world : a new frontier in cybercrime / Clare Chambers-Jones, associate professor in law, University of the West England, UK ; with Henry Hillman, research assistant, University of the West England, UK.
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, [2014]
Call Number
K915 .C43 2014
ISBN
9781782545194
1782545190
9781782545200
1782545190
9781782545200
Description
ix, 194 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)884819018
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index.
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
Acknowledgements
ix
1.
Introduction to virtual worlds and gambling
1
Background
3
Policing virtual worlds
13
Definitions
17
Aims, objectives and methodology of the research
21
Outline of chapters
36
2.
Cybercrime critical literature review
38
Introduction
38
What is cybercrime?
39
Types of cybercrime
45
What is being done to combat cybercrime?
46
Who is likely to be a cybercriminal?
48
Law enforcement
49
Agencies and government departments: United Kingdom
53
Governance of the virtual world
61
Virtual world crime is not a fantasy nor is it combated by fantasy law
62
Summary
65
3.
Global virtual gambling legislation
67
Introduction
67
Types of gambling and the issues
70
National laws regulating money laundering and financial crime
74
Summary
103
4.
International measures regulating online gambling
105
Introduction
105
European Green Paper on Online Gambling
105
Cybercrime and international conventions
113
United Nations approach to online gambling
117
International Cybercrime Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA)
118
Summary
120
5.
Global regulation of financial crime: gambling as an associated link
121
Introduction
121
United Nations
122
Financial Action Task Force
124
European Union
126
United Kingdom
129
United States of America
131
Korea
134
6.
Digital currencies and financial crime
137
Introduction
137
What are digital currencies?
137
How digital currencies evolved
142
Uses of digital currencies
145
Potential criminal activity
155
Conclusion
164
7.
Conclusion and recommendations
166
Summary of findings
166
Recommendations
169
Final remarks
170
Bibliography
172
Index
183