Money laundering prevention: the challenge of insurance termination for outlaw biker gangs’ club houses

IF 1.3 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY Journal of Money Laundering Control Pub Date : 2024-04-03 DOI:10.1108/jmlc-01-2024-0003

Petter Gottschalk

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the legal barriers to termination of an insurance arrangement where there is suspicion of money laundering when paying insurance premiums.