Countering money laundering from a social perspective and the criminal law and jurisprudence of the five religions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in jurisprudence and law at University of Haeri Meybod, Yazd, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Law, University of Haeri Meybod, Yazd, Iran.(Corresponding Author).

3 Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Law, University of Haeri Meybod, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

Money laundering is simply a set of operations that are carried out on illicit property, such as property obtained from the sale of drugs, theft, fraud, etc., in order to show this property in a legitimate and legal manner and to hide its illegitimate origin. Stay. This phenomenon is recognized as a crime in domestic law according to the Anti-Money Laundering Law, and in addition, it has been recognized as illegitimate based on various verses, hadiths, biographies of imams, and a number of jurisprudential rules. Among the jurisprudential principles of the sanctity of money laundering, we can mention the rules of encroachment on falsehood, no harm, iodine, hardship, usurpation. In this regard, in the present article, a descriptive-analytical method has been used to analyze the verses, narrations, as well as the jurisprudential opinions and rules agreed upon by the five religions. The method of collecting information was library studies, during which by referring to reliable sources including verses, hadiths and jurisprudential views, it was determined that the five religions have considered money laundering as an act contrary to Sharia and ethics.

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