A systematic literature review of money mule: its roles, recruitment and awareness

Purpose: This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review (SLR) on contemporary cardinal money mule issues. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reviews the most common money mule themes in perpetrating financial crime activities, especially its roles, recruitment and awareness. A system...

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الحاوية / القاعدة:Journal of Financial Crime
المؤلف الرئيسي: 2-s2.0-85145405000
التنسيق: Review
اللغة:English
منشور في: Emerald Publishing 2024
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145405000&doi=10.1108%2fJFC-10-2022-0243&partnerID=40&md5=430acc9391105a3e3fc78549fc66fadd
id Abdul Rani M.I.; Syed Mustapha Nazri S.N.F.; Zolkaflil S.
spelling Abdul Rani M.I.; Syed Mustapha Nazri S.N.F.; Zolkaflil S.
2-s2.0-85145405000
A systematic literature review of money mule: its roles, recruitment and awareness
2024
Journal of Financial Crime
31
2
10.1108/JFC-10-2022-0243
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145405000&doi=10.1108%2fJFC-10-2022-0243&partnerID=40&md5=430acc9391105a3e3fc78549fc66fadd
Purpose: This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review (SLR) on contemporary cardinal money mule issues. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reviews the most common money mule themes in perpetrating financial crime activities, especially its roles, recruitment and awareness. A systematic review protocol called preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols is adopted for this study. Findings: Money mules are used by organized criminal groups (OCG) or fraudster to launder illicit funds from outrageous criminal activities. They allow their accounts to be used for money laundering by OCG. The attacker, OCG or fraudsters would layer the stolen funds using money mule accounts. These money mules are recruited using various approaches, oftentimes deceived by opulent lifestyles to captivate the interest of potential money mules. Originality/value: This paper presents money mule awareness needed by accountant, bank employees and the society. It is an unprecedented SLR on money mule. This paper will be beneficial for future money mule researchers, enforcement agencies and practitioners in banking industry. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Emerald Publishing
13590790
English
Review

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title A systematic literature review of money mule: its roles, recruitment and awareness
title_short A systematic literature review of money mule: its roles, recruitment and awareness
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description Purpose: This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review (SLR) on contemporary cardinal money mule issues. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reviews the most common money mule themes in perpetrating financial crime activities, especially its roles, recruitment and awareness. A systematic review protocol called preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols is adopted for this study. Findings: Money mules are used by organized criminal groups (OCG) or fraudster to launder illicit funds from outrageous criminal activities. They allow their accounts to be used for money laundering by OCG. The attacker, OCG or fraudsters would layer the stolen funds using money mule accounts. These money mules are recruited using various approaches, oftentimes deceived by opulent lifestyles to captivate the interest of potential money mules. Originality/value: This paper presents money mule awareness needed by accountant, bank employees and the society. It is an unprecedented SLR on money mule. This paper will be beneficial for future money mule researchers, enforcement agencies and practitioners in banking industry. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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