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Scripting mortgage fraud for the motion picture: “Fraud and its interrelationship with the financial services sector in the UK” 为电影编写抵押贷款欺诈剧本："欺诈及其与英国金融服务部门的相互关系"。

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100084

Jonathan Gilbert

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“Pecunia Olet” (Sometimes): A comparative analysis of Italian and UK legislations on combating the infiltration of organised crime into the economy "Pecunia Olet"（有时）：意大利和英国关于打击有组织犯罪向经济领域渗透的立法比较分析

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100079

Federico Carmelo La Vattiata

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The tale of the Baltics: Experiences, challenges, and lessons from reforming their national Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) 波罗的海的故事：波罗的海国家金融情报机构（FIUs）改革的经验、挑战和教训

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100080

Katarzyna J. McNaughton

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Are beneficial ownership laws important? Exploring the impact of Panama, FinCEN, and Pandora Papers on beneficial ownership laws in the UK and the US 实益拥有权法律重要吗？探讨巴拿马、FinCEN 和潘多拉文件对英国和美国实益拥有权法律的影响

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100082

Marina Aristodemou

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Re-examining the curse of natural resources in SSA: New evidence from disaggregated natural resources and types of corruption 重新审视撒南非洲自然资源的诅咒：自然资源和腐败类型分类的新证据

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100072

Itchoko Motande Mwa Ndjokou Mondjeli , Pierre Christian Tsopmo , Martin Messy Ambassa

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Fraud and corporate psychopaths: The proposition for reintroducing personality traits of the economic crime offender 欺诈与公司精神变态者：重新引入经济犯罪罪犯人格特质的主张

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100081

Clive R. Boddy , Christopher Freeman , Elina Karpacheva-Hock

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Erratum to “Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: Blip or flip?” [J. Econ. Criminol. 1 (2023) 100012] 对 "通过实地理论了解英格兰和威尔士欺诈行为的增加：Blip or flip?" [J. Econ.[J. Econ. Criminol.

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100075

Mark Button, Branislav Hock, David Shepherd, Paul Gilmour

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Erratum to “Review of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime” [J. Econ. Criminol. 2 (2023) 100029] 对 "高级管理人员和认证制度审查 "的勘误 [J. Econ. Criminol.

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100074

Nicholas Ryder , Diana Johnson , Samantha Bourton , Demelza Hall

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Partners in crime: Convenience case study of Norwegian publishing cartel 犯罪伙伴挪威出版卡特尔便利案例研究

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100078

Petter Gottschalk

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Cracking the code: Unveiling carding crime through the darknet-acquired criminal carding manual and the business model canvas 破解密码：通过暗网获取的卡片犯罪手册和 "商业模式画布 "揭开卡片犯罪的神秘面纱

Journal of Economic Criminology Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100071

Thea Sogenbits , Umut Turksen

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