Comparative analysis of the national law of Latvia and Germany in regard to AML/CTF: a threat of reputational risks as a driver of strengthening of control over the financial sector

The thesis aims to analyse the nature of differences between the national law of Latvia and Germany in regard to anti-money laundering with respect to the financial sector, as well as the correlation between current national law and the development of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing systems of Latvia in Germany with profiles of both countries by using a qualitative comparative interdisciplinary method. As such, to provide an analysis of the national law of Latvia and Germany, three particularly important aspects of the anti-money laundering system in regard to the financial sector have been selected – risk-based approach, identification and criminalization. To achi…