...Andreas Papadopoulos; Graham Brooks Purpose This paper aims to examine the “effectiveness” of the Cyprus police in investigating credit card fraud. Design/methodology/approach In total, 19 semi‐structured interviews with key criminal justice personnel were undertaken to assess the current...

... implications. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on an extensive literature review, a questionnaire was developed, pilot tested and administered to individuals working in 600 randomly selected organizations in Cyprus. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the collected data...

... financial loss; as in the UK, fraud in Cyprus does not exist as specific criminal offence. Describes fraud as an invisible crime, and lists its negative characteristics: no knowledge, poor statistics, no theory, no research, no political importance, no control, and no moral panic. Estimates the cost...