01604nam a2200217   4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200016500056311003000221330081100251461009601062606003001158606002701188606003101215606002301246606002001269606001301289700003001302701003201332701002201364373488  a20080226u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aSentinels in the banking industryeprivate actors and the fight against money laundering in FrancefGilles Favarel-Garrigues, Thierry Godefroy, Pierre Lascoumes  aResumo inserto no artigo.  aPrivate actors in finance, especially in the banking industry, have played a leading role in the campaign, institutionalized during the 1990s, against money laundering. Assigned the duty of detecting dubious transactions in their establishments, they are supposed to inform Tracfin - a finance intelligence unit located in the French Ministry of Finance - of their suspicions. The latter decides whether to alert judicial authorities. A set of interviews conducted with the 'compliance officers' in banks who supervise the implementation of regulations against money laundering are analyzed in order to understand how persons whose normal duties are oriented toward commercial activities based on a high regard for privacy are being led to assume police duties and how they are performing in this new role.  cOxforddJanuary 2008vVol. 48, n. 1tThe British Journal of Criminologyx0007-0955pp. 1-19  aBRANQUEAMENTO DE CAPITAIS  aPOLÍTICA ECONÓMICA  aINSTITUIÇÃO BANCÁRIA  aSISTEMA FINANCEIRO  aESTUDO DE CASOS  aFRANÇA  aFAVAREL-GARRIGUESbGilles  aGODEFROYbThierry c co-aut.  aLASCOUMESbPierre