Construction industries provide significant opportunities for criminal and harmful processes to occur, including fraud, tax evasion, poor health and safety, and underpayment of workers. Building on previous work from the state-corporate crime agenda, this article places industry at the forefront...

Introduction -- Money laundering -- Terrorist financing -- Fraud -- Insider dealing -- Market abuse -- Bribery and corruption -- The avoidance and evasion of tax -- Corporate financial crime -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Criminal investigation into "mis-sold" financial products in the UK is rare. Prosecution is rarer still. This is despite the fact that mis-selling - whether it be pensions, endowment mortgages or payment protection insurance - is a widespread and recurring phenomenon. The absence of criminal...

This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who...

In Victorian society, women of the middle class were particularly vulnerable to white-collar crimes. Denied opportunities to earn their own living, single women were especially dependent on invested capital. Women, in fact, made up a significant portion of investors during the nineteenth...

The boy from Karachi -- A glittering oasis -- Now we rule -- The great showman -- Karachi electric -- Arab Spring -- Impact investing -- The cult of Abraaj -- Turks will always drink milk -- Cash crunch -- Dream weavers -- Healthy lives -- Breathe, smile, say alhamdullilah, and proceed --...