{"title":"The three faces of anti-heroic leaders: Egocentricity, psychopathy and criminality","authors":"Siba Prasada Panigrahi , Deepika Swain","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines the behaviour of unethical leaders in public organizations on two important outcomes: first, impact of behaviour that drags Government into courts and second, impact of behaviour responsible for public money. The authors, based on theoretical background, introduce the nomenclature of “Anti Heroes” and develop the hypothesis that these heroes have three faces one each for the destructive leadership, the corporate psychopathy and the white-collar criminality. In this study, the participants (N = 436) challenged the leadership from of a sample of 4000 disposed cases in Indian courts. Findings reveal a nexus between all the dark personalities and the resultant behaviour emerge as root cause in litigating the Government and wasting public money.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143725380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ambiguity, opaqueness and consequences of FATF’s remittance regulatory strategies: The case studies of Somalia and Nigeria","authors":"Mohamed Abdiaziz Muse","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The international approaches to remittance regulations and policymaking have significantly changed in the last two decades. New regulatory frameworks that aim to protect remittances from illicit flows, such as money laundering and terrorism financing, have emerged. Remittance-sending and receiving jurisdictions must adopt and comply with the new regulatory frameworks for protecting remittances from illicit uses. These regulations emerged from standard-setting agencies in the West. The focus of this article is on one of these agencies, known as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has developed a set of forty-nine recommendations for combating money laundering and terrorism financing. The article critically analyses remittance regulatory frameworks as part of broader AML/CFT frameworks in Nigeria and Somalia. The article uses data collected from Somalia and Nigeria between May 2023 to May 2024. The arguments of the article are twofold. Firstly, FATF’s ambiguous remittance regulatory frameworks challenge domestic financial institutions in Nigeria and Somalia. Second, due to its ambiguity and challenges, FATF’s remittance regulatory frameworks contribute to the financial exclusion of banked remitters in Somalia and Nigeria. This is mainly due to the unrealistic know-your-customer requirements of the FATF and the limited institutional capacity of local AML/CFT regimes in Somalia and Nigeria.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interconnected challenges: Examining the nexus of environmental crime and money laundering in the context of energy transition","authors":"Zeynab Malakouti , Mohammad Hazrati","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental crime, ranked as the fourth-largest criminal enterprise after drug trafficking, counterfeiting, and human trafficking, encompasses illegal activities such as mineral extraction, land clearance, and waste trafficking. These crimes are closely linked to financial crimes due to their lucrative nature and minimal risks. Climate change accelerates the need for energy transitions which, in turn, could lead to a rise in environmental crimes such as illegal mining and e-waste trafficking. This paper explores the nexus between environmental crime and money laundering as a type of financial crimes in the context of energy transition, focusing on preventing these illegal activities to enable a just transition to a net-zero energy system. Using a case study approach cantered on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria, known for mineral wealth and e-waste hub respectively, it examines how recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force, including a risk-based approach,criminalisation, and suspicious transaction reports, can guide efforts to prevent environmental crimes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of country legal frameworks and international guidelines in curtailing money laundering and terrorist financing activities in grey list countries: Case studies of Kenya and Uganda","authors":"Catherine Tuhirirwe , Richard Alexander","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyses the legal frameworks in Kenya and Uganda, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines to ascertain if they are effective in minimising money laundering activities and keeping the countries off of FATF’s grey list. The study implements the Two-Pillar methodology that assesses prevention and enforcement. Through the analysis of the AML regimes, risk-based approaches, the Mutual Evaluation (ME) reports and follow up reports, this study finds that the current Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) are less effective in both countries due to reasons such as non-compliance, legislative failures, and lack of/ poor national risk assessments. This finding is congruent with existing literature on the subject. It also finds that Uganda has an edge over Kenya regarding implementation of MLRs. More so, Kenya shows slower progress in working towards the identified deficiencies, partly due to the higher innovation diffusion, especially with virtual assets. Also, countries that remain in the FATF follow-up process for prolonged periods are deemed weak with regards to AML and terrorist financing enforcement frameworks, and this increases their chances of getting FATF grey-listed. Additionally, low levels of compliance and effectiveness of MLRs can bring about negative consequences such as derisking, greylisting, increased costs of borrowing, and reduced development assistance inflows. Therefore, less developed countries that are at risk of being added to the FATF grey list are advised to improve their MLRs to meet international standards, minimise corruption, fraud, tax crimes, and counterfeiting of goods, thereby enhancing their compliance and effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143714622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John A. Olayiwola , Adeola.A. Olalere , Folorunsho M. Ajide
{"title":"Corporate governance and money laundering in Nigerian listed companies","authors":"John A. Olayiwola , Adeola.A. Olalere , Folorunsho M. Ajide","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the impact of corporate governance mechanism on money laundering operations in publicly listed firms in Nigeria, emphasising the efficacy of governance measures and the mediating function of internal audits. The study employed purposive sampling to analyse 177 firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, collecting data from 50 respondents in both financial and non-financial sectors. The methodology utilised descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) for analysis. The results indicate extensive money laundering practices among Nigerian publicly listed companies and highlight critical elements that enhance corporate governance frameworks: structural efficacy, board autonomy, transparency in financial reporting, and a stakeholder-oriented board culture. These factors substantially augment the capacity of internal audit functions to combat money laundering. The research illustrates that the integration of strong corporate governance and efficient internal audit systems is essential for identifying and preventing money laundering in Nigeria's publicly traded companies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Universal” procedures? An analysis of text (dis)similarities in FATF mutual evaluation reports","authors":"Sumedha Deshmukh","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) uses Mutual Evaluations (MEs) to monitor national implementation of and compliance with its recommendations. Countries face the risk of being placed “Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring” or “High-Risk Jurisdictions,” commonly known as the greylist and blacklist, if non-compliant. Greylisting has political and economic implications, including reputational damage, reduced development assistance, and reduced capital inflows. Despite “universal procedures” for the process, researchers have noted disparities, including a high number of Global South countries on the greylist. Using a corpus of 353 assessment documents, the research finds that the body or bodies conducting the assessment may have an impact on the assessment text and outcomes and shows that reports for greylisted countries have a high degree of similarity to non-greylisted countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Mapping the trends of Financial Statement Fraud detection research from the historical roots and seminal work” [J. Econ. Criminol. 6 (2024) 1–24]","authors":"Beemamol M., B. Charumathi","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The tax evasion punishment system in South Africa","authors":"Janél Viljoen, Hanneke du Preez","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Schemes to outsmart the revenue authority and circumvent the burden of paying taxes have been around since the early ages. Governments implement systems to combat and curb tax evasion, expecting that their punishment methods will deter people from evading tax; nevertheless, tax evasion remains a big concern. To develop effective and appropriate punishment methods to deter tax evasion, taxpayers and their perceptions of tax evasion should be considered. This article explores the tax evasion punishment methods in South Africa, with the aim of answering the research question: <strong>to what extent do the tax evasion punishment methods in South Africa deter tax evasion?</strong></div><div>A mixed-method research design was selected for this study. It includes data collection via questionnaires given to taxpayers and registered tax practitioners in South Africa and interviews with six expert role players in South Africa’s tax evasion punishment system. The participants’ perceptions of the appropriateness of the current tax evasion punishment methods in South Africa were explored along with taxpayers’ tax evasion behaviour.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An exploration of the anatomy of doorstep crime rogue trading","authors":"Tim Day","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing together extant literature this paper explores the anatomy of doorstep crime rogue trading, the motives of the offenders and identifies the criminal offences relevant to the response to this in-person fraud.</div><div>An under-explored fraud typology in academia, the crime is often misunderstood by law enforcement, resulting in an incorrect classification as a civil law issue. This has implications for the denial of victim status (and associated support) for those defrauded; misunderstandings that when combined with the financial industry’s reimbursement rules for victims of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, are likely to result in victims incorrectly excluded from reimbursement and suffering double-victimisation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mapping the landscape of environmental crime: A literature review of emerging research themes and future directions","authors":"Bayu Setyawan Suprayogi, Rijadh Djatu Winardi, Aviandi Okta Maulana","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100144","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study offers a comprehensive review of the environmental crime literature to identify emerging research topics and propose avenues for future investigation. Drawing on bibliometric coupling and content analysis, 91 articles from the Scopus database were examined to map thematic streams and highlight key trends. Three major research clusters emerged: (1) Socialization, market forces, and motivations in environmental crime, emphasizing how social influences and consumer demand drive offenses such as illegal wildlife trade; (2) Geographical impacts and corporate influence in environmental crime, focusing on illegal logging, mining, and the spatial dimensions of environmental harm; and (3) Transnational crime networks and the infrastructure of environmental exploitation, exploring the formation, operation, and global reach of criminal organizations. By synthesizing current knowledge and pinpointing new directions, this review offers valuable insights for scholars and policymakers aiming to enhance our understanding of environmental crime and mitigate its wide-ranging effects. Future research directions for each cluster are provided, with particular attention to incorporating interdisciplinary methods, examining emerging technologies, and refining data collection for more robust analysis and policy development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100775,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Criminology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}