@inbook{b00a3b5ed4b94a4289c02f2afc9427ad,
title = "The future of criminal finance: {\textquoteleft}bin Ladens{\textquoteright} and the cashless society",
abstract = "This chapter interrogates the future of criminal finance with a consideration of high denomination currency (e.g., 500 Euro notes, also known as {\textquoteleft}bin Ladens{\textquoteright}) and the emergence of the cashless society. Tying the discourse of {\textquoteleft}criminal{\textquoteright} money with terrorist finance produced the term {\textquoteleft}bin Ladens{\textquoteright} for the high denomination Euro note. At the same time, the application of this term as a pejorative isolates the use of currency and particularly these high denomination notes. Proponents of a cashless society reinforce this pejorative connotation against currency when emphasising the anti-crime benefits from the elimination of anonymous cash. The chapter considers these perceived benefits from a cashless society and questions whether they are limiting criminal finance or simply stimulating new avenues for criminality. The case of Sweden{\textquoteright}s experience with the development of currency and the evolution of a cash-free economy is provided to demonstrate this analysis.",
author = "William Vlcek and Rikard Jalkebro",
year = "2023",
month = may,
day = "15",
doi = "10.4324/9781003020813-7",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367897451",
series = "The law of financial crime",
publisher = "Routledge Taylor & Francis Group",
pages = "104 -- 121",
editor = "Dan Jasinski and Amber Phillips and Edward Johnston",
booktitle = "Organised crime, financial crime and criminal justice",
address = "United States",
}
