Sanctions and Financial Crime: Together or Apart?

... infrastructure for the whole world. But there are also problems. The first is the use of financial leadership for political purposes. The USA is the largest initiator of economic sanctions. Unlike any other country, the United States can afford to effectively impose ... ... increasingly interested in diversification away from the dollar in order to maintain their sovereignty. This portends the de-globalisation of world finance, and difficulties are bound to emerge in financial regulation amid new opportunities for criminals....