Ownership, Financial Accountability and the Law

Name: Ownership, Financial Accountability and the Law
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ownership, Financial Accountability and the LawTransparency Strategies and Counter-Initiatives\nAuthor(s): Paul Beckett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138359888, 978-1138359888\nSynopsis\nThere is something visceral about ownership. This is mine; you cant have it. This is mine; you can share it. This is ours. Try to find it.\n\nContemporary literature and investigative journalism are showing that the scale of the problem of tax evasion, money laundering, organised crime, terrorism, bribery, corruption and gross human rights abuses is vast.\n\nOwnership specifically, the quest to identify beneficial owners - has been chosen by national and international regulators as the touchstone, the litmus test in the fight back. An owner by definition must possess something for which they are financially accountable. But what is meant by \""ownership\""? This book explains why ownership is pivotal to accountability, and what.