Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction; References; Instructions for the Socio-Legal Research; 2 The Socio-Legal Framework; Abstract; 2.1 An Elastic Concept of Legal Effectiveness; 2.1.1 The Political Plan; 2.1.2 The Symbolic Function of Law; 2.1.3 The Integration of the Law in the Existing Criminal Justice System; 2.1.4 The Effects of the Implementation; 2.2 Assessing the Variables; 2.3 Considerations; References; The Genesis of the Anti-Money Laundering Regime: Tracing Statements of Legislative Purposes; 3 The International Law-Making Process; Abstract.

3.1 Tracing the International Law-Making Process3.1.1 The Genesis of the Money-Laundering Offence in the Vienna Convention; 3.1.2 The Money-Laundering Offence: A Tool to Tackle Organised Crime; 3.1.3 The FATF Recommendations; 3.1.4 Expanding the Definition of the Money-Laundering Offence; 3.2 The EU's Motivation for Criminalising Money Laundering; 3.2.1 The Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive; 3.2.2 New Developments: Organised Crime, Terrorism, Corruption and Economic Infringements of the Law; 3.3 Considerations; References; 4 The German Law-Making Process: Tracing Legislative Intents.

Abstract4.1 The Parliamentarian Debate; 4.2 Following Significant Amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Regime; 4.3 Considerations; References; The Integration of Article 261 in the German Criminal Code; 5 The Doctrinal Legal Debate on Article 261 of the German Criminal Code; Abstract; 5.1 The Interests Protected by the Law: All Interests or no Interest?; 5.1.1 The Interests Protected by Predicate Offences; 5.1.2 The Administration of Justice; 5.1.3 The Economic Interest; 5.1.4 Internal Security; 5.2 Too Broad or Too Narrow?

5.2.1 The Catalogue of the Predicate Offences: A Wide Scope for a Limited Application5.2.2 The mens rea Element: Punishing Reckless Bakers Instead of Mafia Bosses; 5.2.3 Defence Attorneys Under Threat; 5.2.4 Definitions of 'Gegenstand' and of 'herrührt'; 5.3 Doctrinal Opinions on the (Symbolic) Effectiveness of the Money-Laundering Offence; 5.4 Considerations; References; The Implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Regime: Between Law in Action and Law Inaction; 6 Data on the Implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Regime; Abstract.

6.1 General Information on Statistics Provided by the Federal Statistical Office, the Police and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)6.2 Oswald's Research of 1996: A Starting Point for a Further Theorisation; 6.3 (Preliminary) Investigations, Type of Charges, Convictions and Penalties; 6.4 The Co-operation Between FIU and Law Enforcement Agencies; 6.5 Typologies of STRs Filed to the FIU; 6.6 Critical Issues; 6.7 The Volume of the Phenomenon of Money Laundering in Germany: Economic Estimates; 6.8 Cost-Benefit Analyses; 6.9 Considerations; References.