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Illicit financial flows : illicit narcotics transiting West Africa
Shaw, Mark - 2019
This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...
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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana
Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019
Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137029
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Crime and conflicts in Africa : consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410031
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The Shadow Economy and Corruption in Greece
Katsios, Stavros - 2016
The paper highlights the interaction between the underground economy and corruption, focusing on the regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989560
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Crime and Conflicts in Africa : Consequences of Corruption?
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032567
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Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism
Johnson, Simon; Kaufmann, Daniel; McMillan, John; … - 2002
Ukraine face higher effective tax rates, worse bureaucratic corruption, greater incidence of mafia protection, and have less … corruption is significantly associated with hiding output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014036203
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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence
Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017
Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing their willingness to report. Evidence on the effectiveness of such legislation is, however, scarce. Moreover, critics have raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625350
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Money laundering and corruption : birds of a feather flock together
Barone, Raffaella; Masciandaro, Donato; Schneider, Friedrich - 2019
corruption. On the one hand, if we assume that the goal of criminals involved in corruption is to minimize the probability of … being detected, then corruption represents a demand for money laundering (trigger effect), while money laundering can serve … as an effective way to clean the revenue from corruption for re-investment (multiplier effect). On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026444
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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence
Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017
Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing their willingness to report. Evidence on the effectiveness of such legislation is, however, scarce. Moreover, critics have raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619649
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Surprised by Wirecard? : enablers of corporate wrongdoing in Europe
Nyreröd, Theo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2021
In the last two decades prolonged instances of corporate wrongdoing in Europe have been un-covered: from Siemens’ systemic bribery to HSBC and other major bank’s money laundering issues, Dieselgate, LIBOR price-rigging, and the recent Wirecard debacle. What has driven European firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594658