Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the existing legal basis, and its practical application, of an arbitrator’s competence to raise on her own initiative money laundering issues.

Design/methodology/approach

The research focusses on presenting the essence of the problem through evaluation of the legal basis for the arbitrators to raise money laundering concerns on their own initiative and the examples of so being done in international commercial arbitration.

Findings

This paper concludes that arbitrators do not presently have a solid legal basis that authorises them to act sua sponte against money laundering.

Originality/value

The originality and value of this paper lies in its emphasis on theoretical and practical issues related to money laundering in international commercial arbitration. It argues in favour of an explicit recommendation to be incorporated in the 2012 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that international commercial arbitrators address money laundering on their own initiative.

中文翻译：

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国际商事仲裁员自发处理洗钱问题

目的

本文的目的是评估仲裁员主动提出洗钱问题的能力的现有法律依据及其实际应用。

设计/方法/方法

研究的重点是通过评估仲裁员主动提出洗钱问题的法律依据以及国际商事仲裁中这样做的例子来呈现问题的本质。

发现

本文的结论是，仲裁员目前没有可靠的法律依据来授权他们主动采取行动反洗钱。

原创性/价值

本文的独创性和价值在于强调了国际商事仲裁中洗钱相关的理论和实践问题。它主张将明确的建议纳入金融行动特别工作组 (FATF) 的 2012 年建议中，即国际商业仲裁员主动处理洗钱问题。