A European Money Laundering Curiosity: Self-Laundering in Finland

Tatu Hyttinen

doi:10.5771/2193-5505-2018-2-268

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- 143–145 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 143–145
- 146–200 Focus 146–200
  - 146–151 Rebellion and Treason: The Family Demons of Europe and the European Arrest Warrant Luis Arroyo Zapatero Luis Arroyo Zapatero 146–151
  - 152–159 European Arrest Warrant, Double Criminality and Mutual Recognition: A Much Debated Case Lorena Bachmaier Lorena Bachmaier 152–159
  - 160–166 The Foundations of Mutual Recognition and the Meaning of Dual Criminality Adán Nieto Martín Adán Nieto Martín 160–166
  - 167–175 Dual Criminality under Review: On the Puigdemont Case Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero 167–175
  - 176–185 The Examination of the Executing Authority on the European Arrest Warrant Jordi Nieva-Fenoll Jordi Nieva-Fenoll 176–185
  - 186–195 Can a Judicial Authority Refuse to Execute a European Arrest Warrant Due to the Situation of Spanish Prisons? – On the Catalan Procés Cristina Rodríguez Yagüe Cristina Rodríguez Yagüe 186–195
  - 196–200 The Case Puigdemont: The Stress-Test of the European Arrest Warrant Luigi Foffani Luigi Foffani 196–200
- 201–312 Articles 201–312
  - 201–222 The EU Directive on Combating Terrorism and the Criminalisation of Travelling Alejandro Sánchez Frías Alejandro Sánchez Frías 201–222
  - 223–243 Offenders’ Rehabilitation: Towards a New Paradigm for EU Criminal Law? Stefano Montaldo Stefano Montaldo 223–243
  - 244–267 The Taking Account of EU Previous Convictions in Joint/Accumulated Punishment: The Spanish Case Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero 244–267
  - 268–293 A European Money Laundering Curiosity: Self-Laundering in Finland Tatu Hyttinen Tatu Hyttinen 268–293
  - 294–312 GPS Surveillance from the Perspective of the European Convention on Human Rights Diego Zannoni Diego Zannoni 294–312
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EuCLR European Criminal Law Review , page 268 - 293

A European Money Laundering Curiosity: Self-Laundering in Finland

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Tatu Hyttinen

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2193-5505-2018-2-268
- ISSN: 2191-7442
- ISSN online: 2193-5505
Abstract

Third-party money laundering has been comprehensively criminalised in the European Union member states. In contrast, many states have traditionally had a more negative attitude towards the punishability of self-laundering. Then again, under international pressure, member states have agreed to also criminalise self-laundering either completely or partly in recent years. Finland has also struggled with the criminalisation of self-laundering. So far, the main rule in Finland is the non-punishability of self-laundering. However, according to the valid "exceptional rule", self-laundering can be punished if the money laundering offence, with consideration to the continuous and planned nature of the acts forms the most essential and blameworthy part of the totality of offences (Finnish Penal Code, Chapter 32, Section 11). This article critically examines the unique legislative solution of Finland and demonstrates that the punishability of self-laundering has remained a dead letter. Relying on international comparative material and supranational criminal policy, the article also suggests that the Finnish legislator should consider more comprehensive criminalisation of self-laundering.
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