...Georgios Pavlidis Purpose This paper aims to critically examine the European Union’s legislative initiative to establish an Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), which will introduce union-level supervision and provide support to national supervisors in the field of anti-money laundering...

...-measures-against-russia-over-ukraine/ European Parliament (1999), “ Briefing No. 28: Switzerland and the enlargement of the European Union ”, available at: www.europarl.europa.eu/enlargement/briefings/28a2_en.htm European Parliament (2022), “ Russia’s war on Ukraine in international law...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject tofull attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode European Union Tax crimes Countering tax crimes Ten Global Principles...

...Georgios Pavlidis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the strengths and weaknesses of a new European Union (EU) initiative attempting an interesting paradigm shift in the field of cross-border asset freezing and confiscation. The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty...

...Graeme Baber Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the developmental status of the Member States of the European Union (EU) in the wake of the global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach The paper considers the three elements in pairs, i.e. development and the EU...

...). Organised crime European Union Estonia Bribes Crime rate Criminal law SMEs In order to assess the total reality of criminality impacting SMEs, first the written criminal law in Estonia has to be assessed, and that includes EU criminal law. It also provides an opportunity to consider if Estonia...

.... Carbon Air pollution Pollution control European Union Fraud In the torments generated by the last economic fall, new sources of illegitimate yields have risen across the financial industry. The perpetual competition among investment professionals for supplying with more attractive returns led...

... is that particular Member States may be targeted by organised crime for particular types of criminal activity, because that jurisdiction offers some sort of advantage to the operations of the criminal organisation. Databases Crimes European Union Using databases to combat crime is not a recent...

...Simone White; Norel Neagu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the legislation and case law relevant to preventing and combating fraud affecting the European Union (EU)'s financial interests in Romania. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores how the legislation...

...Simone White; Alan Doig Purpose Turkey is currently a candidate for accession to the European Union (EU), and one of the pre‐conditions is to address corruption. Turkey is also a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the GRECO peer‐review process on corruption. Various quantitative...

... year. Tricia Howse can be contacted at: tricia.howse@hotmail.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Fraud European Union Law enforcement Fraud comes in many forms. It sneaks in “below the radar” in countless ways that are neither picked up by the police, nor cared about...

...Simone White; Simone White Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the extent to which the (changing) European Union (EU) constitutional context impacts on the investigation of fraud affecting the EU budget, with a focus on fraud affecting expenditure. Design/methodology/approach...

... the offences in total are recognised, much harm could be prevented. William Tupman can be contacted at: w.a.tupman@ex.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Fraud Crimes European Union United Kingdom This paper continues a series on fraud against the European Community budget...

... Romania and the Czech Republic. A review of secondary materials such as official reports and academic articles is also undertaken. Findings The fight against European Union (EU) fraud is hampered by a number of factors. Fragmentation occurs at different levels, transnational, national and legal...

... and an analysis of the main lacunae in OLAF's regulatory framework, an operation which has been neglected in the academic literature. Helen Xanthaki can be contacted at: helen.xanthaki@sas.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Fraud European Union The second level...

... European Union Much of the critique of social fairness relates to the relative non‐prosecution of elite individual and corporate crimes compared with crimes by lower class offenders. Sentencers can punish only those who are prosecuted and convicted. However, there is also, by virtue of the very...

... being followed. Public procurement Fraud Corruption European legislation European directives European Union This paper may be read as a scoping study, making a broad scan of important European legislation on procurement of goods and services by public bodies in the EU Member States...

... of agencies involved in the fight against fraud and is a contribution to an area, which does not contain a great amount of academic literature. Brendan Quirke can be contacted at: b.j.quirke@livjm.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Fraud Problem solving European Union OLAF...

... to non‐market economy countries, with reference to European Union (EU) anti‐dumping measures against China; the latter is still viewed as a non‐market economy. Indicates the impact of the EU anti‐dumping campaign on Chinese industries and legal strategies for challenging the EU anti‐dumping campaign...

... statutory independence and the power to investigate, interview office‐holders and secure documents not just within the Commission but within all other European Union (EU) institutions. Explains why OLAF is necessary to protect the budget: this is substantial at Euro 100 billion, it is at greater risk than...