Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
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Date
2020
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Emerald
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers
when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for
their legal fees with proceeds of their criminal activities. The paper analyses the legal position of Namibia and
Zimbabwe on such tainted fees and proceeds to compare with the different position taken by the United
States. The paper adopts a desk research methodology with reliance on
various sources such as statutory laws, case laws, books, journal articles and the internet. Its scope is limited
to issue and content analysis relating to the use of dirty money as legal fees.
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Money laundering, Crime, Mercantile law, Labour law, Zimbabwe
Citation
Duri, J. (2020). Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: Are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?. ournal of Money Laundering Control, 23 (2) ,315-326. 10.1108/JMLC-08-2019-0067