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    Corporate crime: a logical misconception, but with one analytical point

    Tage Alalehto

    In 1988, Donald Cressey published a previously overlooked article. According to Cressey, there was a lack in the agenda of corporate crime research concerning theory and…

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    Microeconomics of corruption based on behavioural economics

    Vicente Humberto Monteverde

    The purpose of this paper is to establish a microeconomics model of corruption based on the behavioural sciences.

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    Importance of meaningful co-operation in preventing and interdicting economically motivated crime and misconduct: The Sri Lankan perspective

    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

    The purpose of this paper will attempt to depict the importance of meaningful co-operation in preventing and interdicting economically motivated crime and misconduct in…

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    Corporate crime: a logical misconception, but with one analytical point

    Tage Alalehto

    In 1988, Donald Cressey published a previously overlooked article. According to Cressey, there was a lack in the agenda of corporate crime research concerning theory and…

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    Using anti-money laundering measures to curb pension fraud in Nigeria

    Ehi Eric Esoimeme

    The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to curbing pension fraud in Nigeria. The approach involves the use of anti-money laundering tools, procedures and…

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    Legal basis for the fraud exception in letters of credit under English Law

    Zaid Aladwan

    This paper aims to analyse the status of the bank’s knowledge and the hardship related to the clear evidence requirement with regard to establish the fraud exception rule…

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    At what level of corruption does economic growth decrease?

    Mohamed Ali Trabelsi, Hédi Trabelsi

    The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corruption on economic growth by testing the hypothesis that the relationship between these two variables is…

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    Analysis of cyber-crime effects on the banking sector using the balanced score card: a survey of literature

    Oluwatoyin Esther Akinbowale, Heinz Eckart Klingelhöfer, Mulatu Fekadu Zerihun

    The purpose of this paper is to review the effect of cybercrime in the banking sector.

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    Corruption and anti-corruption in China: a case study of high-ranking officials

    Jiahong He

    With the analysis of the causes of corruption, this study aims to investigate specific anti-corruption measures that can be implemented to reform the political system and…

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    The need for anti-corruption policies in developing countries

    Richard G. Brody, Gaurav Gupta, Angela N. Ekofo, Kehinde Mayokun Ogunade

    In this study, the authors examine the issue of corruption in the government institutions of developing countries. Additionally, this study aims to answer the following…

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    A longitudinal assessment on the development of financial fraud offending

    Dzhansarayeva Rima, Alimkulov Yerbol, Baissalov Ali, Bissengali Liliya, Kevin Beaver

    Fraudulent behaviors have a significant influence on society, impact millions of citizens and result in billions of dollars in losses. Consequently, it is essential to…

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    Determinants of management fraud in the banking sector of Ghana: the perspective of the diamond fraud theory

    Christine Avortri, Richard Agbanyo

    Fraud has become one of the most challenging issues facing the financial sector of most countries globally. These fraudulent transactions have led to loss of huge sums of…

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    What makes a successful corporate investigator: An exploration of private investigators attributes

    Michael King

    The purpose of this study is to identify the attributes – skills, education and qualifications – required to be a contemporary corporate investigator.

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    Tax evasion, firm’s value and governance: evidence from Tunisian Stock Exchange

    Olfa Nafti, Ines Kateb, Oumaima Masghouni

    The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between tax evasion and firm’s value while determining the moderating role of family management and the…

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    The effects of Ponzi schemes and revocation of licences of some financial institutions on financial threat in Ghana

    Edmond Ofori

    The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of the Ponzi schemes and revocation of licences of some financial institutions in Ghana on financial threat.

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    Spiritual, psychological and social dimensions of taxpayers compliance

    Gede Adi Yuniarta, I. Gusti Ayu Purnamawati

    This paper aims to analyze the role of spiritual, psychological and social dimensions of business taxpayer compliance in micro small and medium enterprises. Tax compliance…

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    The potential negative impact of the misuse of Transparency International’s corruption index by the financial services industry

    Graham Baldock

    This paper aims to raise awareness of the potential misuse of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) within the financial services industry and…

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    Determinants of asset misappropriation at the workplace: the moderating role of perceived strength of internal controls

    Theodora Aba Abekah Koomson, Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu, Rita Amoah Bekoe, Maureen Oquaye

    This paper aims to investigate the prevalence of asset misappropriation at the workplace and examines the dominant factors that influence individuals to misappropriate…

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    Ethnicisation of corruption in Nigeria

    Dare Ezekiel Arowolo

    The purpose of this paper is to assess the ethnicisation of corruption in Nigeria. This paper examines the role of ethnicity in promoting corruption, the impact of…

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    Senior healt-hcare fraud under investigation

    Nicole F. Stowell, Carl Pacini, Martina K. Schmidt, Nathan Wadlinger

    This study aims to increase awareness and educate the reader about health-care fraud targeting seniors in the USA to help stakeholders better understand, recognize and…

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    Determinants of investment decision in a Ponzi scheme: Investors’ perspective on the Modaraba scam

    Irfan Ullah, Wiqar Ahmad, Arshad Ali

    This paper aims to identify the key patronage factors that encouraged the public for investment in the Modaraba scam – a Ponzi scheme perpetrated in Pakistan with a whim…

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    Religion and tax compliance among SMEs in Ghana

    Emmanuel Carsamer, Anthony Abbam

    The purpose of this study is to assess the suitability of religion and religiosity in small and medium-scale enterprises’ (SMEs) tax compliance in Ghanaian markets. The…

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    An insider's look at the rise of Nigerian 419 scams

    Richard G. Brody, Sara Kern, Kehinde Ogunade

    The purpose of this study is to examine and provide additional insights into Nigerian 419 scams. Such scams may also be referred to as advance fee frauds. This study not…

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    Corporate governance: on the crossroads of meta-regulation and social responsibility

    Tareq Na'el Al-Tawil, Hassan Younies

    The purpose of this paper is to discuss incongruities in the corporate entity over the matter of agency. In lieu of the traditional notion of moral agency theory, the…

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    Earnings management as an ethical issue in view of Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning

    Abdulfatah Ali Belgasem-Hussain, Yousof Ibrahim Hussaien

    The purpose of this paper is to shed light on and introduce the ethics of earnings management (EM) to researchers and students in the academic community in light of…

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    Controlling insider dealing through criminal enforcement in China

    Zhen Ye, Wangwei Lin, Neshat Safari, Charanjit Singh

    The purpose of this paper is to review the criminal enforcement of insider dealing cases in People's Republic of China's (PRC) securities market and to provide feasible…

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    Why are people trapped in Ponzi and pyramid schemes?

    Taofik Hidajat, Ina Primiana, Sulaeman Rahman, Erie Febrian

    This paper aims to identify psychological factors that influence people to be involved in Ponzi and pyramid schemes.

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    Interest rate liberalization and economic growth nexus: does corruption matter?

    Abdulhadi Aliyara Haruna, Abu Sufian Abu Bakar

    This paper aims to examine the impact of interest rate liberalization on economic growth and the relevance of corruption in the five selected sub-Saharan African countries.

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    Research and improvement of fraud identification model of Chinese A-share listed companies based on M-score

    Wanting Lu, Xiaokang Zhao

    The purpose of this paper is to start with the background of the construction of the M-score model, find the variables that can represent the fraud characteristics of…

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    Transnational regulatory networks: a study in compliance and legitimacy in counter-terrorist financing

    Doron Goldbarsht, Hannah Harris

    This paper aims to explore the case of counter-terrorist financing (CTF) within the transnational regulatory network (TRN) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The…

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    Great corruption – theory of corrupt phenomena

    Vicente Monteverde

    The purpose of this paper is to formulate a new theory of corruption based on the discretionary decisions of the government and the distribution of income in the economy…

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    Challenges of combating fraudulent practices: evidence from Nigerian public sector

    Shehu Umar Sa'id, Khairul Saidah Abas Azmi

    This paper aims to explore the challenges faced in combating fraudulent practices in the Nigerian public sector.

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    The effectiveness of payroll system in the public sector to prevent fraud

    Zulkarnain Yusuf, Anuar Nawawi, Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin

    The purpose of this paper is as follows: first, to analyze the opinion of the civil servant or payroll personnel towards the payroll system that currently used by the…

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    The efficacy of multilateral anti-bribery convention with national government enforcement

    Mushfiq Swaleheen, Marcus Tim Allen

    The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) home country corruption in their decision to bribe officials in foreign host countries.

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    Retaliatory effect on whistle blowing intentions: a study of Indian employees

    Sunaina Kanojia, Shikha Sachdeva, Jai Prakash Sharma

    This paper attempts to find the essence of whistleblowing in organizational structures, to reflect on whistleblowing mechanism and the perception of whistleblowing in the…

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    Do corrupting activities hamper economic growth?: Fresh empirical evidence from an emerging economy

    John Kwaku Amoh, Kwasi Awuah-Werekoh, Kenneth Ofori-Boateng

    This study aims to examine the effect of corruption on the economic growth of Ghana and to establish the strength of relationships among corrupting activities.

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    Get-Rich Quick scheme: Malaysian current legal development

    Aspalella A. Rahman, Ruzita Azmi, Rosylin Mohd Yusof

    In Malaysia, Get-Rich-Quick scheme (GRQS) is one of the financial fraud activities prohibited under Malaysian law. The common facet of such schemes involves plans that…

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    A critical analysis of corruption and anti-corruption policies in Italy

    Paola Maggio

    This study aims to critically analyse the Law 9 January 2019, n. 3, on “Measures to fight crimes against the public administration and on the transparency of political…

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    Is it suitable for your local governments?: A contingency theory-based analysis on the use of internal control in thwarting white-collar crime

    Nanang Shonhadji, Ach Maulidi

    The purpose of this study is to extend existing theory by developing a contingency theory for the public sector and to provide a landscape for local government to deal…

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    Whistleblowing Incentives

    Fabian Maximilian Teichmann, Marie-Christin Falker

    The purpose of the paper is to illustrate how companies may benefit from whistleblowing and how whistleblowing may be incentivized to more effectively combat corruption.

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    Tax evasion through fraudulent financial reporting amongst SMEs in Malaysia

    Zainal Abidin Ngah, Norashikin Ismail, Nadiah Abd Hamid

    The purpose of this paper is to tackle one of the issues in tax evasion, that is from the perspective of fraudulent financial reporting amongst small and medium-sized…

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    Anticorruption policies in Brazil: constitutional challenges on implementing asset civil forfeiture

    Fabio Ramazzini Bechara, Gabriel Monti Manzano

    This paper aims to answer three questions: Is the presumption of innocence principle in risk? How to balance it with the burden and standard of proof? Does the asset civil…

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    Disclosure of fraud control information in annual reports as a means of discharging public accountability

    Ludek Seda, Carol Ann Tilt

    This paper aims to investigate the disclosure of fraud-related activities in public sector organisations in Australia. Specifically, the study reviews and evaluates the…

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    National criminal jurisdiction over transnational financial crimes

    Chat Le Nguyen

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the international standards for establishing national jurisdiction over the transnational crimes of money laundering and bribery…

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    Behavioral red flags of fraud: a gender-based ex post analysis

    Namrata Sandhu

    This study aims to attempt a gender-based ex post examination of behavioral red flags of fraud exhibited by fraud perpetrators.

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    Financial C.R.I.M.Es in small businesses: causes and consequences

    Radiah Othman, Fawzi Laswad, Matthew Berkahn

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the causes and consequences of financial crimes perpetrated against New Zealand small businesses.

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    Remember the balance of forces: Immorality of international tax avoidance, corporate social activity and narrow-minded tax policymakers

    Akira Matsuoka

    The purpose of this paper is to warn policymakers, by examining certain aspects of policy, possibly overlooked, against overestimating the power of corporate social…

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    Determinants of occupational fraud losses: offenders, victims and insights from fraud theory

    Omari Zuberi Kalovya

    The paper aim at empirical examination of the predictors of the occupational fraud losses by drawing insights evolving fraud theoretical frameworks.

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    A jurisprudential analysis of the concurrent criminal jurisdiction over cross-border telecom fraud crime

    Lianlian Liu

    The issue of concurrent jurisdiction over cross-border crimes has become common in a globalizing world, while the rigid compliance with territoriality and active…

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    Plastic card circumvention an infirmity of authenticity and authorization

    Vipin Khattri, Sandeep Kumar Nayak, Deepak Kumar Singh

    Currency usage either in the physical or electronic marketplace through chip-based or magnetic strip-based plastic card becoming the vulnerable point for the handlers…

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    De-escalation strategies for kleptocracy in Nigeria’s oil sector

    Vasudev Das

    The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore strategies for the de-escalation of kleptocracy in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

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    The implementation of the fraud exception rule: a comparative study

    Zaid Aladwan

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the application of the fraud exception rule and try to analyze the different approaches in regard to the implication of fraud rule…

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    Modelling external debt – growth nexus: how relevant is governance?

    Waliu Olawale Shittu, Nor Asmat Ismail, Abdul Rais Abdul Latiff, Hammed Oluwaseyi Musibau

    Amongst the major concerns of sub-Sahara Africa are the rising external debt and poor performances in governance. This paper aims to lend a voice to the relevance of…

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    Estimations of business exposure to corruption in Malaysia

    Selamah Abdullah Yusof, Mohd Nahar Mohd Arshad

    This study aims to investigate the level of business exposure to corruption in Malaysia. The authors estimate the effect of bribe requests from business establishments by…

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    The risk of financial fraud: a management perspective

    Hafiza Aishah Hashim, Zalailah Salleh, Izzati Shuhaimi, Nurul Ain Najwa Ismail

    A number of highly publicised scandals such as Enron, Lehman Brothers, Parmalat, Satyam, Toshiba and 1MDB (to name a few) have heightened the awareness of the effects of…

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    Does corruption affect Islamic banking? Empirical evidence from the OIC countries

    Zuhairan Yunmi Yunan

    This paper aims to examine whether the level of corruption affects profitability and soundness of Islamic banking.

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    An exploratory empirical study of whistleblowing and whistleblowers

    Maria Krambia-Kapardis

    The purpose of this study is to develop a profile of whistleblowers and to determine whether whistleblowing legislation would encourage those individuals to bring to light…

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    Corruption in business: A critical appraisal of the Australian regulatory regime in the light of the UK Bribery Act 2010

    Afroza Begum

    This paper aims to critically analyse the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999 and Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combating Corporate Crime…

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    Self-reported income data: are people telling the truth?

    Fernando Antonio Ignacio González

    This paper aims to detect anomalous data in income reports of Argentina, including personal income – from a sample of households – and statements of public officials.

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    Corruption at Rolls-Royce: can it happen again?

    Dominic Peltier-Rivest

    This study aims to analyse Rolls-Royce’s (RR) recent corruption case, its 2017 global anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) manual, and its 2017 annual report to assess…

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    Tax evasion and public governance before and after the European “big bang”: a red flag for policymakers

    Ahmed Emadeldin Yamen, Hounaida Mersni, Abdulhadi Ramadan

    The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of public governance quality on tax evasion levels in old (pre-2004) and new (post-2004) European Union (EU) members…

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    The effect of corporate governance and firm-specific characteristics on the incidence of financial restatement

    Suhaily Hasnan, Mardhiahtul Huda Mohd Razali, Alfiatul Rohmah Mohamed Hussain

    This paper aims to examine the effects of corporate governance and firm-specific characteristics on the incidence of financial restatement among Malaysian public listed firms.

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    Psychological factors: self- and circumstances-caused fraud triggers

    Dian Anita Nuswantara, Ach Maulidi

    This paper aims to provide new understanding of fraudulent behaviour by offering different theoretical discussion on the fraud causation.

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    The relationship between the companies’ political connections and audit fees

    Mahdi Salehi

    The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the political connections of companies are correlated with auditor selection, audit fees and abnormal audit fees.

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    SEC enforcement targets: a Christian virtue ethics perspective

    Christopher J. Demaline

    The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary and synthesis of US Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and auditing enforcement release (AAER)-based research…

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    Exploiting trust for financial gain: an overview of business email compromise (BEC) fraud

    Cassandra Cross, Rosalie Gillett

    This paper aims to explore current knowledge of business email compromise (BEC) fraud, or approaches that specifically target organisations for financial gain, through the…

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    Combating the financing of proliferation: challenges and new tools

    Ian John Stewart, Andrea Viski, Jonathan Brewer

    This paper aims to examine why most governments appear to attach less importance to countering proliferation finance than they do to countering money laundering or…

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    Rural banks fraud: a story from Indonesia

    Taofik Hidajat

    The purpose of this paper is to highlight the causes of fraud in rural banks in Indonesia and provide recommendations to reduce these financial crimes.

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    The undeserving rich: can they be redeemed? Policy options for curbing illegal wealth

    James F. Gilsinan, James E. Fisher, Muhammad Islam, Henry M. Ordower, Wassim Shahin

    The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of various policy options for curbing the accumulation of illegal wealth and suggest ways to close the increasing…

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    Is the fraud diamond perspective valid in Kenya?

    Kizito Ojilong’ Omukaga

    The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the elements of the fraud diamond theory in detecting financial statement fraud among non-financial firms in…

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    Bribery, extortion and “morally ambiguous” leadership in organizations

    Michel Dion

    The purpose of this paper is to examine how four styles of “morally ambiguous” leadership could have a philosophical basis, while relatively contributing to efficiently…

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    Role of money mules in money laundering and financial crimes a discussion through case studies

    Muhammad Subtain Raza, Qi Zhan, Sana Rubab

    This paper aims to explain the role of money mules in money laundering and financial crimes through the discussion of case studies. The authors also explain the red flags…

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    A comparative study on disqualification of company directors in the UK and Nigeria: Lessons for Turkey

    Samet Caliskan, Pereowei Subai

    The purpose of this paper is to argue that the disqualification of directors, coupled with other liabilities to which they may be subjected, particularly in insolvency…

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    Active cyber defence strategies and techniques for banks and financial institutions

    Yorrick Creado, Vidyavati Ramteke

    With the growing penetration of financial technology, financial firms and banking institutions have seen a rise in the volume of cyber-attacks in recent years. Cyber…

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    Rethinking political warfare in Italy: a bottom-up approach

    Alessandro Arcobasso

    The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief answer to the following questions: in the arena for State and non-State actors, who and how may guarantee the balance…

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    Political institutions and the control of corruption: a cross-country evidence

    Siew Pyng Christine Chong, Chwee Ming Tee, Seow Voon Cheng

    The purpose of this paper is to examine the significant association between political institutions and the control of corruption.

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    Convergence and determinants of anti-corruption disclosure among extractive firms in Africa

    King Carl Tornam Duho, Cletus Agyenim-Boateng, Emmanuel Tetteh Asare, Joseph Mensah Onumah

    The purpose of this study is to examine the convergence and determinants of anti-corruption disclosures of extractive firms in Africa.

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    Money laundering with cryptocurrency: open doors and the regulatory dialectic

    Daniel Dupuis, Kimberly Gleason

    The purpose of this study is to describe the opportunities and limitations of cryptocurrencies as a tool for money laundering through six currently available “open doors”…

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    Mapping the individual and structural theories of financial crimes

    Mark Eshwar Lokanan, Indy Aujla

    The purpose of this paper is to argue for an integrated explanation of financial fraud. Greater emphasis must be placed on the structural and situational factors that are…

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    Identity theft: a small step towards big financial crimes

    Chander Mohan Gupta, Devesh Kumar

    This paper aims to study the concept of identity fraud and how these identity thefts can actually lead to financial crime. These crimes which usually were done in the…

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    Socioeconomic determinants of property crime offending in Ethiopia: Convicted offenders in focus

    Nigatu Wassie, Bekele Melese, Nahom Eyasu

    The purpose of this study is to investigate the socioeconomic determinants of property crimes on convicted offenders in the Chilga district correctional institution (CDCI).

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    Everyone’s in, on the game: financial crime and the organization of sporting events. Looking for a “virtuous” model

    Sara Rigazio

    This study aims at investigating the phenomenon of financial crime with specific reference to the organization of major sporting events. In particular, in the light of the…

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    Is there any relation between Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and corruption in developing countries?

    Danur Condro Guritno, Mahrus Lutfi Adi Kurniawan, Irfan Mangkunegara, Bhimo Rizky Samudro

    This paper aims to investigate the relation between the cultural dimensions of Hofstede and corruption in developing countries.

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    Risk management, top management support, internal audit activities and fraud mitigation

    Waled Younes E. Alazzabi, Hasri Mustafa, Ahmed Ibrahim Karage

    This paper aims to examine the effect of top management support (TMS) and risk management (RM) on the internal audit activities (IAA) and fraud mitigation (FM) in the…

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    Development of the university fraud prevention disclosure index

    Corina Joseph, Normah Haji Omar, Jennifer Tunga Janang, Mariam Rahmat, Nero Madi

    This paper aims to explain the development of fraud prevention disclosure index (FPDI) for Malaysian public universities.

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    Show me the money – managing politically exposed persons (PEPs) risk in UK financial services

    Mario Menz

    The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it highlights areas of disconnect between how the financial services sector in the UK approaches the management of…

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    Does anti-corruption disclosure affect banking performance?

    Haitham Nobanee, Osama F. Atayah, Charilaos Mertzanis

    This paper aims to test the levels of anti-corruption disclosure and its implication on the banking performance of both conventional and Islamic banks listed on the Abu…

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    RegTech solutions and AML compliance: what future for financial crime?

    Esman Kurum

    This study aims to discuss the growing use of RegTech solutions by financial institutions to comply more efficiently with regulation in terms of anti-money laundering…

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    The scope and limitations of external audit in detecting frauds in company’s operations

    Dragomir Dimitrijevic, Biljana Jovkovic, Suncica Milutinovic

    This study aims to investigate what are the capabilities and limits of external audit in detecting frauds in companies operating in the territory of the Republics: Serbia…

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    Does culture influence whether a society justifies tax cheating?

    Ahmed Bani-Mustafa, Anas Al Qudah, Sadeq Damrah, Mamoon Alameen

    This paper aims to investigate whether culture has an impact on justifications for tax cheating, and if there is, indeed, a rationale for justifying this behavior.

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    OECD’s global principles and EU’s tax crime measures

    Umut Turksen, Adam Abukari

    This paper aims to investigate and provide pathways for leveraging the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD’s) Ten Global Principles (TGPs) for…

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    Tax avoidance: do board gender diversity and sustainability performance make a difference?

    Anis Jarboui, Maali Kachouri Ben Saad, Rakia Riguen

    This study aims to investigate whether board gender diversity and sustainability performance influence tax avoidance.

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    An innovative approach in combating economic crime using forensic accounting techniques

    Oluwatoyin Esther Akinbowale, Heinz Eckart Klingelhöfer, Mulatu Fikadu Zerihun

    The purpose of this study is to develop an innovative approach of combating economic crime using the forensic accounting techniques.

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    Do capital structure and cash holding expropriate minority shareholders? A case of non-financial concentrated firms in Pakistan

    Wajid Alim, Muhammad Kaleem, Sammar Abbas, Dilawar Khan

    One aspect of agency theory suggests that dominant shareholders use the firm’s assets for their personal benefits and 1thus expropriate minority shareholders (tunneling)…

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    Italy: money transfer, money laundering and intermediary liability

    Livio Corselli

    This paper aims to offer a general overview of money transfers in Italy and Europe focussing specifically on the migrant community. This is of particular interest because…

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    Financial action task force and the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism: Quo vadimus?

    Georgios Pavlidis

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1359-0790

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1993

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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  • Dr Li Hong Xing
  • Prof Barry Rider

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