Using Language Evidence in Money-Laundering Trials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8730149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger W Shuy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-3 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/455833 |
| OpenAlex | W2320658948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
IN RECENT YEARS IT HAS BECOME increasingly common for the federal Internal Revenue Service to surreptitiously tape-record conversations between undercover agents and prospective money launderers. Some of the targets self-generate their own guilt quite clearly, openly talking about how the money will be washed, but many others seem unaware of the direction of these conversations and suddenly find themselves as defendants in a money-laundering trial. Linguistic analysis is especially critical in sting or scam cases brought under 18 USC ?1956A3, which reads (in part) as follows
Economics · Money Laundering · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2008 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |