Journal of Financial Crime: Volume 23 Issue 1

A historical review of the control of corruption on economic crime in China

The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical review of China’s anti-corruption efforts, from the ancient period of Chinese slavery societies to the late 1970s before China…

The federal housing finance agency’s complaints against seventeen banks

The purpose of this paper is to examine the basis of the complaints against banks which sold private label securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the financial crisis…

Holding banks to account for the financial crisis?

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which the USA has sought to hold the leading banks to account for the financial crisis and to asses the validity of the methods…

Terrorism, militarism, and stock returns

This study aims to examine the effect on stock returns of 28 terrorist and military events occurring between 1963 and 2012. The authors divide the sample and examine these attacks…

Trust: the unwritten cost of white-collar crime

– The purpose of this study is to empirically assess the theorized importance of trust and resource removal following white-collar crime.

Australian local government corruption and misconduct

– This paper aims to focus on corruption and misconduct evidenced from local government investigation reports in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

The perception of corruption across Europe, Middle East and Africa

– This paper aims to examine the perception of corruption across Europe, Middle East and Africa across a small population of Compliance employees within a global organisation.

The fight against corruption in Portugal: evidence from sustainability reports

– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the disclosure of information on the fight against corruption in the sustainability reports of Portuguese companies.

Financial fraud in the private health insurance sector in Australia: Perspectives from the industry

The purpose of this article is to explore financial fraud in the private health insurance sector in Australia. Fraud in this sector has commonalities to other countries with…

The policing of financial misconduct in intergovernmental organisations

This paper aims to analyse the extent to which the financial investigation function of an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) may be considered in policing terms, with a view to…

Museums, collectors, and value manipulation: tax fraud through donation of antiquities

This paper aims to discuss the key aspects of the international trade in antiquities and the practice of philanthropic donation of objects to museums that allow for certain types…

A plea for adoption of ethical compliance: Avoiding pitfalls of compliance groupthink and consulting

This paper aims to discuss the evolution of regulation and compliance in the past 20 years, to the current state of affairs. Despite earlier calls for ethical compliance within…

Business integrity v. business efficiency: the corporate opportunity doctrine in China

The purpose of this paper is to assess the application of the nascent corporate opportunity doctrine in China by comparison with its well-established English counterpart; in…

Corporate governance failures and the road to crime

The purpose of this paper is to provide enhanced insights on corporate governance failures which contributed to various financial crimes in major banking institutions and whether…

Of Ponzi schemes and investment scams: A case study of enforcement actions in Malaysia

This paper aims to chart the enforcement actions taken by the Malaysian regulatory authorities in relation to illegal investment schemes in Malaysia, and clarifies the various…

Rotten to the core