Retraction notice: Investigative prevention of corruption crimes

The publisher of Journal of Financial Crime wishes to retract the article Madina О. Kassimova, Yerbol A. Omarov, Ramazan R. Zhilkaidarov, Yerlan S. Abulgazin, Ainur A. Sabitova; Investigative prevention of corruption crimes. Journal of Financial Crime 2 January 2023; 30 (1): 254-265, Link to Investigative prevention of corruption crimesLink to the cited article. It has come to our attention that there are concerns regarding the authorship and provenance of the article; as a result, the article’s findings cannot be relied upon. The decision to retract has been informed by Link to COPE’s guidelines on retractionsCOPE’s guidelines on retractions and Link to Emerald’s publishing ethicsEmerald’s publishing ethics. Emerald’s authorship policy guidelines make it clear that authorship is a fundamental aspect of transparency in the publication process and ensures accountability and responsibility for reported research. Despite multiple attempts to contact the authors, the journal has received no response; it should be noted that the contact addresses provided to the publisher on submission were found to be not legitimate institutional email accounts and are now invalid for all listed authors. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.