This edited volume examines the relationship between financial crime and global financial crises. The volume features contributions from renowned experts in the field who cover a range of topics including: the possibility of criminalising reckless risk-taking in financial markets; the duty of banks to prevent corruption; the Shadow Banking System; and the manipulation of LIBOR by banks. The book highlights the complex relationships between regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies and private actors, and considers what can be done to deter and prevent financial crime and therefore limit its deleterious effect on the stability of the financial sector.

1. Introduction, Nicholas Ryder, Umut Turksen and Sabine Hassler 2. Risk, recklessness and policing the financial markets, Jonathan Fisher QC 3. Credible Deterrence and Consumer Protection through the Imposition of Financial Penalties: Lessons for the Financial Conduct Authority, Peter Cartwright 4. LIBOR Manipulation: The Limits and Potential of Corporate Criminal Liability, Robert Stokes 5. Implications of Anti-money Laundering Law for Accountancy in the European Union- A comparative study, Umut Turksen 6. Solicitors and Complying with the Anti-Money Laundering Framework: Reporting Suspicions, Applying for Consent and Tipping off, Andrew Campbell and Elise Campbell 7. Corruption, Money Laundering and Societal Responsibility of Banks, Indira Carr and Rob Jago 8. The Good, the Bad and the Fraud: Securitization and Financial Crime in Light of the Global Financial crisis, Anastasia Nesvetailova and Andrei Sandu 9. Virtual currency in a virtual world: virtually unstoppable, Alan S. Reid 10. Are the current laws and potential enforcement measures effective in achieving the accountability of bank directors for their actions, or the actions of the banks they manage? A comparison of UK and US approaches, Henry Hillman