Table of Contents

​Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Religious freedom.- Chapter 3: Religious organizations and their administration.- Chapter 4: Regulation to combat financial crimes committed within religious institutions.- Chapter 5: International Religious Activities and Legal Cooperation for Repatriation of Assets.- Chapter 6: Payments through Illegal and Disguised Means, and Misuse of Churches, Temples, NGOs, Trusts, Associations and Foundations.- Chapter 7: Proposals to Improve the Fight Against Financial Crimes Committed Within Temples and Churches.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

About the Author

Fausto Martin De Sanctis holds a Doctorate in Criminal Law from the University of São Paulo’s School of Law (USP) and an advanced degree in Civil Procedure from the Federal University of Brasilia (UnB) in Brazil. He was a Public Defender in São Paulo from 1989-1990, and a State Court Judge, also in São Paulo, from 1990-1991, until he was appointed to the Federal Courts. He is currently a Federal Appellate Judge in Brazil’s Federal Court for the Third Region, with jurisdiction over the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. He is also the Deputy Director of the Federal Judicial School and a member of the Portuguese Language Law Jurists Community (CJLP). Since 2013, he has been an Advisory Council Member for the Brazil-U.S. Legal and Judicial Studies Program at American University Washington College of Law. Judge De Sanctis was selected to handle a specialized federal court created in Brazil to exclusively hear complex cases involving financial crimes and money laundering offenses. He is a world known expert on this topic and has been invited to participate in programs and conferences both in Brazil as well as internationally. From April 2 to September 28, 2012, Judge De Sanctis was a fellow at Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC.