Design 384 - Info Visualizations (Cheng, Winter 2015): Stolen Goods / Money Laundering

Class guide for DES 384: Information Visualizations

Resource List

How money and information streams through criminal enterprises, including stolen mobile devices; vehicles; drugs; guns, etc. How is money laundered, and what are potential areas for law enforcement officials to intervene?

What is Money Laundering:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering

http://money.howstuffworks.com/money-laundering.htm

http://www.fatf-gafi.org/pages/faq/moneylaundering/

http://www.nw3c.org/docs/research/money-laundering.pdf?sfvrsn=6

http://www.imf.org/external/np/leg/amlcft/eng/aml1.htm

UW Library Catalog:

Subject headings "Money laundering - United States"

and “Money laundering investigation”

and “Money laundering Prevention”

Interesting import/export analysis by John Zdanowicz that could be visualized in an interesting way:

https://uwashington.on.worldcat.org/oclc/18754761136838

Examples/Cases of Money Laundering:

www.egmontgroup.org/library/download/21

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/peso.html

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/delay.indictment/?section=cnn_allpolitics

http://www.un.org/ga/20special/featur/launder.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/13/world/middleeast/lebanese-money-laundering.html

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/september/money-laundering-takedown/money-laundering-takedown

IRS data on Money Laundering:

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Statistical-Data-Money-Laundering-&-Bank-Secrecy-Act-%28BSA%29

"Suspicious Activity Reports" of suspected money laundering:

http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/rp/sar_by_number.html

Data on the Number of FBI money laundering cases in progress:

2001-2005: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/fcs_report2005 (this report is more comprehensive than the others listed below)

2002-2006: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/fcs_report2006

2003-2007: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/fcs_report2007

2004-2008: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/fcs_report2008

2005-2009: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/financial-crimes-report-2009

2007-2011: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/financial-crimes-report-2010-2011

More details in this table:

2003-2009: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0339.pdf

(Excel table here: www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0339.xls)

Asset Forfeiture can be related to money laundering:

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/asset-forfeiture

http://leb.fbi.gov/2012/april/money-laundering-and-asset-forfeiture-taking-the-profit-out-of-crime

http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/financial-crimes-report-2010-2011/financial-crimes-report-2010-2011#Asset

http://www.justice.gov/jmd/afp/01programaudit/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/forfeiture.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903480904576512253265073870

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/forfeiture#sthash.ZeAxP152.dpbs

https://www.ij.org/part-i-policing-for-profit-2

Anti-Money Laundering Laws:

http://www.egmontgroup.org/about/money-laundering-and-the-financing-of-terrorism

Bibliographies/Additional Resources:

http://www.imolin.org/imolin/en/bibliogr.html

http://www.imolin.org/imolin/en/research.html

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/afmls/

http://www.dea.gov/ops/money.shtml

http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/dismantling-global-money-laundering-operations

Money flows—a fascinating FBI bank crime dataset:

2011-2003 http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/bank-crime-statistics-2011/

An interesting local topic—bike theft on the UW campus.
Perhaps create a map showing where and when bikes are stolen. Could expand to all robberies.

http://www.washington.edu/news/2005/08/18/bike-thieves-beware-officer-of-the-year-excels-at-recovering-stolen-bikes/

http://dailyuw.com/archive/1996/10/24/imported/campus-bike-thefts-increase-double-lock-recommended#.VKidziclzH0

http://police.uw.edu/securityreport/

Mobile phone theft (i.e., “Apple picking”)

http://www.ctia.org/your-wireless-life/consumer-tips/how-to-deter-smartphone-thefts-and-protect-your-data

http://www.seattle.gov/police/publications/manual/documents/06_140_locating_cell_phone.pdf

http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/BREAKING-NEWS/SEATTLE-POLICE-FIND-A-TRUCKLOAD-OF-STOLEN-CELL-PHONES-br-Laptops-cameras-and-watches-at-Seattle-convenience-store-1903332

https://www.lookout.com/resources/reports/phone-theft-in-america

http://www.zdnet.com/article/smartphone-theft-reaches-pandemic-proportions-and-you-are-a-target/

Illegal Firearm Markets

http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/trafficking/pages/welcome.aspx

http://www.nber.org/papers/w11737.pdf?new_window=1