1st Edition

Countering Economic Crime A Comparative Analysis

By Axel Palmer Copyright 2018
282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

Economic crime is a significant feature of the UK’s economic landscape and yet despite the government’s bold mission statements ‘to hold those suspected of financial wrongdoing to account’ as part of their ‘day of reckoning’ and ‘serious about white-collar crime’ agenda, there is a sense that this is still not being done effectively. This book examines the history of the creation of the UK’s... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The United Kingdom: fraud and related offences  3. The United Kingdom: bribery and corruption   4. The United States of America  5. Australia  6. Conclusions

Biography

Dr Axel Palmer holds a PhD specialising in economic crime and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Law, University of the West of England, UK. He is a former Head of Debt Management and a Head of Litigation at a major bank. His research interests are in the field of economic crime, encompassing fraud, bribery and corruption.