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Counterfeit Medicines: Strategies to Deal with a Commercial Crime
D.C. JayasuriyaIn the wake of the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, attention has come to be focused on money laundering…
Corruption: A General Review with an Emphasis on the Role of the World Bank
Ibrahim F.I. ShihataSocieties may differ in their views as to what constitutes corruption, although the concept finds universal manifestations. Experts have different perspectives on the meaning…
Corruption in Small States: Case Studies in Compromise
Mark FindlayBoth the particular contexts of socioeconomic development, and the unique post‐colonial/post‐indcpendence agendas of small states in the Pacific, present predictable invitations…
ART THEFT AND ITS CONTROL: Art Theft since World War II
Constance LowenthalSome say that art theft is only a little younger than art itself. Art theft was surely known in ancient times. A recent reminder of this truth is the discovery in Egypt's Valley…
Tracing Money through Art Transactions
Mona Vaswani‘Tracing’ is the means by which a person who has been wrongly deprived of a thing attempts to identify and follow that thing, or its substitute in value, into the hands of other…
Investigation of Corrupt Practices: Government Inquiries and Investigations
Richard HarwoodElaborate systems have been established to investigate and control the operation of government. These enable central government to deal with internal problems. But they also have…
When Private Interests Consume the Public Good: The OJ Simpson Case
Frank A. BellisPerhaps no other obligation is as critical to the stability of a society than that of maintaining the integrity of government. For a government to function effectively, the public…
The Future Fraud and Corruption Scenario in Developing and Developed Countries
Yik Koon TehMost existing literatures on fraud and corruption concentrate on those committed at the lower level, that is, by lay persons, professionals as well as organisations. Seldom do…
Information Security in Banks
B. ShrinathInformation is power — so it has been said — and nowhere has this statement been realised more significantly than in the banking industry. IT and banking in the 1990s and going…
France: Cost of Tax Evasion and White‐Collar Crime
David PeacockIn a study dedicated to the cost of crime, the Centre for Sociological Research on Law and Criminal Institutions (Cesdip) highlights the scale of white‐collar offending, such as…
USA: Corruption in the Financial Markets: Recent Developments
G. Philip RutledgeTwenty years after enactment of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, official corruption and corruption in the financial markets again figures prominently on many government…
Nigeria: Developments in the Criminal Law — Economic and Business Crimes
G.N.K. Vukor‐QuarshieIt has become increasingly popular and fashionable in Nigeria to enact penal laws which regulate and impinge on business activities. Although scattered corruption and economic…
Canada: Struggling with Computer‐related Crime in the Next Millennium
Michael DuncanIt is one thing to investigate a simple theft. It is another thing to investigate a computer‐related crime that transcends national borders with case and speed, that presents new…
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1359-0790Online date, start – end:
1993Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Li Hong Xing
- Prof Barry Rider