Journal of Financial Crime: Volume 22 Issue 2

Bitcoin and modern alchemy: in code we trust

Jeffrey Simser

This paper aims to explore the challenge posed by Bitcoin to regulators, particularly anti-money laundering regulators. Bitcoin is a crypto-currency based on open-source software…

Uncovering the hidden cost of staff fraud: an assessment of 45 cases in the UK

Mark Button, Dean Blackbourn, Chris Lewis, David Shepherd

– The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence on the additional costs of dealing with staff fraud, beyond the initial fraud loss, based on 45 cases of staff fraud.

Fraud in overseas aid and the challenge of measurement

Mark Button, Chris Lewis, David Shepherd, Graham Brooks

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges of measuring fraud in overseas aid.

Walking the walk: practical measures to undermine the business of organised crime

Kenneth Roderick Murray

The purpose of this article was to argue that developing an understanding of organised crime business structures is a necessary component of a modern effective law enforcement…

Whistleblowing: a three part view

R. D. Francis, A. F. Armstrong, I Foxley

The purpose of this paper is to provide contrasting views on whistleblowing, and offers a three-fold view of whistleblowing. First, it gives some formal arguments. Second, it…

Back to basics: fighting fraud and austerity

Kwabena Frimpong

This article aims to focus on the impact of the current austerity measures on UK public sector anti-fraud and financial crime investigative resource capacity building initiative…

Combatting fraud and corruption in international development: The global impact of the multilateral development banks’ sanctions regimes

John Coogan, Elizabeth Lin Forder, Jelena Madir, Norbert Seiler, Clare Wee

This paper aims to analyse sanctions regimes of multilateral development banks and to examine some of the topical issues surrounding sanctioning practices of these institutions…

Data breach trends in the United States

Robert E. Holtfreter, Adrian Harrington

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the trends of various types of data breaches and their compromised records in the USA using a new model recently developed by the…

Editorial

G.Philip Rutledge