Viabilidade jurídica da aplicação da teoria da cegueira deliberada no crime de lavagem de dinheiro

Abstract

The objective of this work is to research the legal viability of the application of the willfull blindness doctrine in the crime of money laundering. The research problem is to verify to what extent the application of the crime theory of money laundering occurs and if in fact there is a viability for its application in the national legal system. The theoretical reference perceives the comparative law plan as a way of understanding how this theory was received and the way it has been used in Brazilian law. Methodologically the research is the descriptive and exploratory type with an inductive approach adopting the research strategy of the kinda of content analysis focusing on the willfull blindes doctrine. The paper is divided into three chapters: the first one reflects on the crime of money laundering and its relevant aspects; the second one is about the willful blindness doctrine, concept and characters; and the third one is about the willfull blindes doctrine in the national legal system. It is noticeable that the understanding of the willfull blindes doctrine in the national legal system means a great and growing jurisprudential construction on the subject.