Mwenda, a World Bank attorney who specializes in money-laundering prevention, compliance, and intellectual property law, draws lessons from Zambia and other countries to examine the efficacy of
the legal, regulatory, and institutional framework for combating crime. The subjects covered include money laundering and insider trading, tax evasion, and drug trafficking; financial
assistance in the acquisition of a company’s shares; unsafe and unsound practices by banks and other financial institutions; and liability of company directors for wrongful or fraudulent
trading and fraud by officers of companies that have gone into liquidation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
