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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0188-3380</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Economía: teoría y práctica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Econ: teor. práct]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-3380</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, a través de la Unidad Iztapalapa, la Unidad Azcapotzalco y la Unidad Xochimilco, División de Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0188-33802016000100009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Money Laundering and Financial Risk Management in Latin America, with Special Reference to Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Lavado de dinero y manejo de riesgos financieros en América Latina, con especial referencia a México]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zapata Sagastume]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Willy]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-Brid]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garry]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Stefanie]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,International Adviser in Finance and Banking  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>United Kingdom</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Economía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>44</numero>
<fpage>9</fpage>
<lpage>50</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-33802016000100009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-33802016000100009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-33802016000100009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This paper reviews the current status of the international fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, highlighting the importance of its prevention for economic and financial stability in Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews Latin American and Caribbean countries' compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (40 + 9) Recommendations, and analyzes the region's performance with respect to their third round Mutual Evaluation Reports. The case study of Mexico provides specific insight into the country's reforms and policies to combat these financial sector operational risks.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Este documento examina el estado actual de la lucha internacional contra el lavado de dinero y el financiamiento del terrorismo, con énfasis en la importancia de su prevención para la estabilidad económica y financiera en América Latina y el Caribe. Se revisa el cumplimiento de los países de la región de las recomendaciones del Grupo de Acción Financiera (40 + 9) y se analiza el desempeño de la región respecto a su tercera ronda de Informes de Evaluación Mutua. El caso de México proporciona información específica sobre sus reformas y sus políticas para combatir estos riesgos operacionales del sector financiero.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Money Laundering]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Financing of Terrorism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Financial Sector Regulation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Compliance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Latin America and the Caribbean]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lavado de dinero]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[financiamiento del terrorismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[regulación del sector financiero]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[America Latina y el Caribe]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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