About Journal of Money Laundering Control
Aims and scope
Journal of Money Laundering Control (JMLC) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes authoritative, theoretical and empirical analyses on the most serious and topical issues relating to the control and prevention of money laundering.
The articles published in Journal of Money Laundering Control (JMLC) are authored by some of the leading international scholars and practitioners in the field of money laundering. The journal welcomes submissions from across the globe.
The journal publishes articles on:
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)
- Trade-based money laundering
- Disrupting the illicit financial flows from organised crime
- New trends and techniques in combatting money laundering
- Underground banking systems
- Money mules
- Money laundering through cryptocurrencies
- Financial intelligence and the Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) regime
- Criminal confiscation, civil asset recovery and forfeiture
- Concealment of beneficial ownership
The journal is committed to publishing rigorous and impactful research. Submissions must demonstrate strong scholarship and offer clear theoretical, practical, or policy insights into preventing or controlling money laundering, with relevance that extends beyond national boundaries and appeals to an international readership.
While the journal embraces interdisciplinary perspectives, it remains firmly grounded in criminology and the social sciences. Therefore, all contributions should engage meaningfully with criminological theories, debates, or methodologies. We do not consider papers whose primary focus or implications lie in other fields, such as economics or finance.
We welcome robust conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methodologies. We do not consider submissions that prioritise technical or econometric modelling at the expense of substantive criminological insight. Similarly, studies based on bibliometric analysis or literature reviews must critically engage with theoretical and substantive criminology debates and offer original and meaningful contributions, rather than merely reporting descriptive trends.
The journal also accepts robust and critical comparative studies and legal discourses on the relationship between anti-money laundering, laws, regulations, legal institutions, and legal processes. Such scholarship must make an original contribution to important debates within the field of anti-money laundering and/or the countering the financing of terrorism.
All submissions must follow the journal’s manuscript requirements. The Journal of Money Laundering Control operates a rigorous double blind peer-review process. Submissions are initially evaluated by the Editors, and if deemed suitable, are sent to at least two independent reviewers for expert assessment.
Submissions are assessed based on the extent to which they contribute new knowledge to the field of money laundering control, as well as on the overall quality, coherence, and clarity of their argument and presentation.
