New Jersey's New Top Money Man Embraces Key Role At Pivotal Time

Organised crime is, no doubt, a major threat to international peace and security of a nation's financial system. Money laundering, which is a derivative crime, is a powerful manifestation of this threat. It is a potentially harmful activity capable of affecting the efficient functioning of the banking system, and it undermines the legitimacy of the system in extreme cases. Although the amount of illicit assets that are laundered in the international financial system remains speculative, there are hard facts suggesting that money laundering is inimical to the credibility and integrity of our financial system especially."

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