The negative effects of money laundering operations and internal control mechanisms to reduce them in the Egyptian banking system

Document Type : Original Article

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Accounting Department Faculty of Commerce Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt

Abstract

The study tries to identify the negative implications (social, Economic & Political) of money laundering and the recognition of employees in Egyptian Banking Sector for those negative implications and Anti – Money Laundering (AML) Mechanisms. we discusses the concept of money laundering itself and its stages, motives, red flags and relationship with other forms of Financial Crimes especially corruption and in the sometime, and tries to emphasize on the bad implications for money laundering and its AML mechanisms. We can conclude that participants agree on AML mechanisms because these mechanisms are already included in the banking sector. So, participants recognize those mechanisms because of the relationship between those mechanisms and participants jobs and task in banks.

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