TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of customs and morality on financial crime control in developing countries, against the background of inherited foreign laws and international best practice.Design/methodology/approach The research is explanatory, descriptive and exploratory, relying extensively on existing anti-graft journals, text books, decided cases, constitutional provisions, statutory provisions and United Nation Conventions.Findings The research findings and analysis propose that the existing financial crime control measures in developing nations fail to consider local customs and circumstances in formulating anti-corruption policies and laws; consequently, a meaningful and effective financial crime control in developing nations, especially in Nigeria, requires the customs and culture to be examined and evaluated with a view to designing a pragmatic policies and laws.Originality/value The paper contributes practical options to observed lapses in the existing financial control laws, especially corruption. The paper will be valuable to African Governments, corporations and the academic community.
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
SN  - 1359-0790
DO  - 10.1108/JFC-09-2017-0083
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-09-2017-0083
AU  - Adetunji Adeoye Johnson
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Customs, mores and culture in determining the scope of law and financial crime control – relevance of Savigny and Lord Denning’s analysis
T2  - Journal of Financial Crime
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1111
EP  - 1122
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -