Journal of Financial Crime: Volume 5 Issue 3

Trafficking in Confiscated Cuban Property: Lender Liability under the Helms‐Burton Act

Kern Alexander

The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (the Act) provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction and sanctions against foreign companies which traffic in confiscated US‐owned…

EC Criminal Law: Prospects for the Corpus Juris

Simone White

In 1996, with a proposal for a Corpus Juris to unify the criminal laws and procedures of the Member States with regards to offences affecting the EC budget, the fight against…

Corruption in Nigeria: A Cultural Phenomenon

Taiwo Olaleye‐Oruene

The global perception of Nigeria as the ‘black hole of corruption’ should be seen in its proper historical context, where corruption is the vestige of a colonial legacy. Moreover…

Financial Crime and Potential Investment, International Integration Futures Forecasting: Bulgaria as What Kind of Special Case?

Richard H. Blum, Emilia Kandeva, Svetla Konstantinova, Anatoli Kosev

Intergovernmental bodies, governments, agencies, commercial and philanthropic institutions, when deciding whether or not to invest in low income nations where there is…

Corruption and Compliance

Charles H. Morley

In emerging economies, there is a natural tendency to produce. Developing countries, often having few trained, experienced, or effective staff resources, are under constant…

Anything Goes: The Democratisation of Corruption

Rachel Ehrenfeld

Imagine a new criminal organisation with the most sophisticated equipment, the latest spying technology, and the best trained members. With a global network and access to all…

The Role of Chemicals Control in the Fight against Illicit Drug Production and Trafficking

D.C. Jayasuriya

Since the adoption of the 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, an increasing number of state parties are according attention…

Anti‐Corruption Laws: Is There a Model?

Peter Maynard

The short answer is no. Notable examples of anti‐corruption laws are available. But there is probably no single example that one would elevate to a definitive universal model…

Australia: The Privilege against Self‐Incrimination: Recent Developments

John Cotton

In a recent article, Dr John Breslin discussed European developments concerning the privilege against self‐incrimination (‘the privilege’). His comments related primarily to the…

China: The Strategy of Prevention against Organised Corruption

Zhou Mi

Corruption is a historical social phenomenon just like other hinds of crime. It was born and will die with the social class system. It is one of the oldest crimes which remains…

India: Control and Prevention of Corruption in the Financial Markets

B.V. Kumar

Around 1990, India and a few developing countries attempted to restructure their economies to achieve accelerated economic growth, for generation of optimum levels of production…