Money Laudering in the Republic of Kosovo during the Years 2013-2015

AuthorFatos Haziri
PositionProfessor, PhD, Kosovo Academy for Public Safety, Faculty of Public Safety, Kosovo
Pages58-69
ACTA UNIVERSITATIS DANUBIUS Vol. 12, no. 3/2016
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Money Laudering in the Republic of
Kosovo during the Years 2013-2015
Fatos HAZIRI
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Abstract: This paper presents a stud y of the criminal la w on money laundering fro m comparative
perspective with the combination of legal, historical, and sociological and criminology treatment. The
benefit of income from criminal activities is consid ered very worrying problem but also a challenge,
threat and danger to the security mechanisms (law enforcement agencies) in the Republic of Kosovo.
To prevent, investigate and combat money laundering, there should be certainly set priorities for la w
enforcement agencies in the Republic of Kosovo. This approach allows for a more efficient fight
against organized crime, in particular drug trafficking, human trafficking, cybercrime, terrorism and
its financing, although partly these phenomena can be considered to r elate to international pressure.
At the same time, it is imposed on legislators to draft and adopt laws and regulations for
implementation, to prevent and combat the phenomenon of money laundering, but without neglecting
the drafting of the strategy for preventing and combating this phenomenon and other phenomena that
heavily damage state and society in aspects o f political, economic and rule of law, with special
emphasis on the aspect of European integration.
Keywords: Money laundering; organized crime; law enforcement agencies
JEL Classification: K14
1. General Overview of the Money Laundering in World
The term money laundering derived from the United States. While “gangsters”
benefited large sums of money from the robberies, prostitution, gambling games
and the sale of alcoholic beverages, they had to “argue those sources as legitimate”
for the money earned illegally.
One of the ways by which they used to do this has been buying illegal or suspicious
businesses and mixed by their illegal income with legitimate income they receive
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P rofessor, PhD, Kosovo Academy for Public Safety, Faculty of Public Safety, Kosovo, Address:
Vushtrri Kosova, Kosovo, Tel: 028590070, Fax: 028/590070850, Corresponding author:
hazirifatos@gmail.com.
AUDJ, vol. 12, no. 3/2016, pp. 58-69

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