Acknowledgments
The fieldwork for this book was done in several markets: Hong Kong, China; Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Jersey. The time spent by people in these locations will not be forgotten. Although the following list is not nearly exhaustive, we would like to highlight some of the organizations and people without whom we could not have produced this paper: Belgium: Commission Bancaire, Financière et des Assurances, Banque Nationale de Belgique, Cel voor Financiële Informatieverwerking (CFI-Belgian FIU), Association Belge des Banques, Belgian Financial Federation, ING, CPH Banque, Petercam. Hong Kong, China: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Hong Kong Police Forces, Joint Financial Intelligence Unit; Hong Kong Association of Banks; Standard Chartered Bank; HSBC; Bank of China; DBS. Italy: Ufficio Italiano dei Cambi,1 Banca d’ Italia. Jersey: Jersey Financial Services Commission, Joint Financial Crimes Unit of the States of Jersey Police, Jersey Bankers Association, BNP-Paribas, Capita Fiduciary Group. Malaysia: Bank Negara Malaysia and Dato’ Zamani Abdul Ghani, Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia; Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank); CIMB Group; Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM); Citigroup, HSBC, and Standard Chartered. Malaysia, Offshore Center of Labuan: LOFSA (the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority), Public Bank Ltd, Standard Chartered, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, CALYON. Netherlands: De Nederlandsche Bank, FIU-Nederland, GarantiBank, ABN Amro. Singapore: Monetary Authority of Singapore, ABS (Association of Banks of Singapore), Singapore Police Force, Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Deutshe Bank, BNP-Paribas. Spain: Comisión de Prevención de Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones Monetarias (SEPBLAC), Banco de España, BBVA, Grupo Santander, La Caixa, Caja Laboral, Caja Madrid. South Korea: Ministry of Strategy and Finance (former Ministry of Finance and Economy), Bank of Korea; Financial Supervisory Service; Korean Financial Intelligence Unit; Korea Exchange Bank, Shinhan Bank, Kookmin Bank; Korea Federation of Banks. The authors would also like to express their appreciation to the Executive Director in the office for Korea at the World Bank and the staff of the office for their active support. The Authors Washington, DC March 2009 1 Ufficio Italiano dei Cambi is now part of the Banca d’Italia and is called the Banca d’Italia - Unita di Informazione Financiaría (UIF).
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