Journal of Financial Crime: Volume 15 Issue 2

The role of private sector organizations in the control and policing of serious financial crime and abuse

James F. Gilsinan, James Millar, Neil Seitz, James Fisher, Ellen Harshman, Muhammad Islam, Fred Yeager

While the “Information Age” has provided the technological tools to “democratize” data and make it widely available to a vast audience of knowledge consumers, ironically it has…

The fight against corruption: international organizations at a cross‐roads

Steve Berkman, Nancy Z. Boswell, Franz H. Brüner, Mark Gough, John T. McCormick, Peter Egens Pedersen, Jose Ugaz, Stephen Zimmermann

The purpose of this paper is to offer anti‐corruption experts' personal assessments of the progress international organizations have made in fighting corruption.

The UK's faster payment project: avoiding a bonanza for cybercrime fraudsters

Jonathan Fisher

The purpose of this paper is to consider the increased exposure to cyber crime which would result if one‐day cheque clearance were introduced in the UK.

Insider trading in China: the case for the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission

Hongming Cheng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of illegal insider trading enforcement in China by focusing, among other things, on the Chinese Securities Regulatory…

Portraits of five hedge fund fraud cases

Majed R. Muhtaseb, Chun Chun “Sylvia” Yang

The purpose of this paper is two fold: educate investors about hedge fund managers' activities prior to the fraud recognition by the authorities and to help investors and other…

Economic crimes in the capital markets

Albert F. Tellechea

The purpose of this paper is to present an alternate view regarding enforcement of currency control laws to the real estate market.

Can corruption and economic crime be controlled in developing countries and if so, is it cost‐effective?

Gerasimova Ksenia

The aim of this paper is to assess international efforts in combating corruption and their implications for developing countries. The paper discusses the globalized character of…

Editorial

Angela V.M. Leong