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Combatting the global crime of bribery: a report on Canadian foreign official anti-bribery policy
Leasure, Peter - In: Journal of Financial Crime 24 (2017) 4, pp. 496-512
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an updated review of Canadian foreign official anti-bribery policy. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this objective, seven factors were examined. Several factors have been emphasized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
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A historical review of the control of corruption on economic crime in China
LIU, ENZE - In: Journal of Financial Crime 23 (2016) 1, pp. 4-21
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical review of China’s anti-corruption efforts, from the … current status of the harsh crusade against corruption that the Chinese new leadership initiated. Design … analysis on policies and regulations between various periods of China. Findings – The phenomenon of corruption has existed in …
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The implications for intermediaries in handling (innocently or otherwise) the proceeds of corruption
Tugendhat, Michael - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 1, pp. 91-93
Reports a case study concerning two individual defendants, SK and F, who were intermediaries in a case of large‐scale fraud during the Gulf War; the Grupo Torras SA (GT) sued them in order to recover money lost, and the case illustrates the circumstances in which intermediaries can be held...
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Global financial business and the implications for effective control of money laundering in offshore centres
Pratt, Richard - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 2, pp. 130-132
Discusses the effect of globalisation of financial markets, especially the effects of international initiatives to improved financial probity and stability in offshore centres, with Jersey as the specific example. Argues that the effect on offshore centres is always positive, and that...
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The misuse of corporate vehicles
Morgan, Talmai P. - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 2, pp. 133-134
Comments briefly on the OECD report on Guernsey as an Offshore Financial Centre, one which is emphatically not a Non‐Cooperative Country or Territory. Focuses on the misuse of corporate vehicles for illicit purposes, and outlines the main objectives of the Report to ensure proper access and...
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Compliance and anti‐money laundering regulation in France
Bardin, Geneviéve - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 2, pp. 135-136
Describes briefly how France has recently adopted stricter rules for compliance in the fight against money laundering, and the role played by regulatory authorities in improving compliance; France was the first country to implement the FATF Recommendations in 2001, it has widened the scope of...
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The responsibility for handling proceeds of corruption in Polish criminal law
Bojarski, Janusz - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 2, pp. 146-152
to the free economy, and includes provisions for economic crime. Outlines its provisions for corruption, which are … Articles 109‐113 of the Polish Criminal Code. Concludes that the laws against both corruption and money laundering indicate …
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An appraisal of the Nigerian Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 as an instrument against financial crimes
Chukwuemerie, Andrew I. - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 3, pp. 275-294
, pointing that conspiracy or attempt to commit corruption is now as culpable as the offence itself. Assesses how workable the …
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International controls of corruption: recent responses from the USA and the UK
Johnstone, Peter; Brown, George - In: Journal of Financial Crime 11 (2004) 3, pp. 217-248
corruption in particular. Traces the long history of corruption and attempts to suppress it, and defines the terms bribery and … corruption. Looks at the US legislation against corruption, focusing on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act … (RICO) 1970 and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 1977, also the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and …
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Exotic embezzling: investigating off‐book fraud schemes
Buckhoff, Thomas; Clifton, James - In: Journal of Financial Crime 11 (2004) 3, pp. 249-256
Defines on‐book and off‐book fraud: the former occurs when theft takes place after the recording of money on the victim company’s books, the latter when it occurs after recording, and types of such fraud can involve billing, payroll, expenses, cheque tampering, and register disbursement....
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