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Criminalization and prosecution of money laundering in Vietnam: addressing shortcomings to strengthen commitments with the European Union

TalTech Journal of European Studies
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
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Language: English
Page range: 8 - 24
Published on: Jun 28, 2025
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
criminal offences,
European Union,
money laundering,
prosecution,
Vietnam
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other,
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Law,
Law, other,
Social sciences,
Social sciences, other

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