... crime prosecutions. Design/methodology/approach The authors studied the 37 resolved cryptocurrency-based financial crime cases in the USA to date, exploring the impact of offence, defendant and evidence characteristics on the mode of disposition and penalties. The authors used bivariate analyses...

... crime Information technology Banking Digital forensics Prosecution Cyberlaw Sisira Dharmasri Jayasekara can be contacted at: sisiradj@cbsl.lk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only This study uses a case study approach...

... are identified. Of these, the Financial Integrity and Criminal Enforcement Groups were central proponents of prevention- and prosecution-based policies, respectively. While criminal enforcement was initially sidelined, its role was strengthened in Mexico since 2007. Despite early signs of success, diverging...

... investigated. Future research should look at other agencies and in particular the Royal Police of Malaysia. Practical implications Findings from the study suggest that prosecuting money laundering cases by Bank Negara Malaysia are limited to cases with predicate offence of illegal deposit taking...