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Irregular deposits in Norway: Systemic economic crime in the rental market 挪威的不规则存款：租赁市场的系统性经济犯罪

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100174

Johannes Pippidis Lorentzen

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Combating money laundering in the age of digital transformation: A comparative study between Türkiye and Nigeria 数字转型时代的反洗钱斗争：<s:1>刚果民主共和国与尼日利亚的比较研究

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100165

Mouhamed Bachir DIOP

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Uncovering illicit trade practices: Leveraging trade data with a macro-meso-micro approach 揭露非法贸易行为：用宏观-中观-微观方法利用贸易数据

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100182

Alexander Kupatadze

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Therapeutic but toxic spaces: Romance fraud victimization from a psychosocial perspective 治疗但有毒的空间：从社会心理角度看浪漫欺诈的受害者

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100168

Yutaka Yoshida

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Old techniques, new technologies: Exploring patterns from scammers that commit financial fraud via cryptocurrency 旧技术，新技术：探索骗子通过加密货币进行金融欺诈的模式

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100178

Brandon Dulisse, Chivon Fitch, Jaden Denis, Nathan Connealy

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Drivers of value added tax compliance among small and medium scale enterprises in Ghana: a multi-dimensional approach 加纳中小企业增值税合规的驱动因素：多维方法

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100181

Abigail Padi , Alhassan Musah , Marshall Wellington Blay , Daniel Odei Okyere, Justice Mark Baidoo

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Investigating art experts and appraisers as potential white-collar criminals: Theorizing art fraud convenience 调查艺术专家和鉴定人作为潜在的白领罪犯：理论化艺术欺诈便利

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100167

Federica De Molli, Petter Gottschalk

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Self inflicted wounds: Financial crime and judicial system in a semi-authoritarian Zimbabwe 自残之伤：半独裁的津巴布韦的金融犯罪和司法系统

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100173

Munjeyi Edmore

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Grand corruption in the global south: Legal, political and economic analysis of assets recovery in Nigeria 全球南方的大腐败：尼日利亚资产回收的法律、政治和经济分析

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100164

Simeon A. Igbinedion , Anthony Osobase

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Regulating cryptocurrencies in a post-pandemic global economy: A comparative legal analysis of the EU, the US, and Russia 在大流行后的全球经济中监管加密货币：欧盟、美国和俄罗斯的比较法律分析

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2025.100183

Lana Stern

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