Iran's criminal policy against money laundering; Challenges and strategies

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PHD Student of Criminal Law and Criminology ،Qom Branch، Islamic Azad University ، Qom، Iran

2 Department of Criminal Law and CriminologyTarbiat Modares University، Tehran،Iran

3 Member of the Faculty of Jurisprudence and Law of Hazrat Masoumeh University ، Qom، iran

10.30510/psi.2022.321400.2852

Abstract

Today, economic crises around the world have added to the importance of economic crime and its criminal management. This study seeks to study money laundering from the perspective of Iranian criminal policy and legislative criminal policy to differential criminal legislation, expand the jurisdiction of the subject matter in investigating money laundering, increase the quorum of fines, the obligation to track large proceeds of crime of origin and Criminal institutionalization has taken place. Judicial criminal policy also seeks to regulate the fight against money laundering in the light of the instructions of the head of the judiciary, as well as in following the teachings of the penal system. From the perspective of executive criminal policy, it is necessary to optimize and improve the functioning of regulatory, managerial and responsible institutions in the fight against money laundering. However, there are important challenges such as corruption, as well as shortcomings in the penal system. Empowering financial and banking oversight systems, anticipating the effectiveness of security agencies in the position of special officers, and anticipating transnational security cooperation are among the important strategies of Iran's criminal policy in the face of the aforementioned challenges. Iran's criminal policy in the fight against money laundering has increased the suspicions of other perpetrators of economic crimes, criminal rule and also the impact on the response to related crimes, and the findings of this study show that despite the prediction of mechanisms Especially in the types of Iranian criminal policy against money laundering,

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 11
January 2023
Pages 5834-5855

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