The Critical Handbook of Money Laundering has grown out of a on-ghoing series of research projects and publications, in which the authors addressed out-of mainstream questions and research loose ends in the money laundering literature. Whose interests were served by the global anti-laundering regime and is it proportionate to the real threat that may also …
Retired professor, still working on a daily basis. I am one of the main forces behind the Cross Border Crime colloquium network and one of the editors of the annual conference publication. I am also working on a book about research on money laundring, from an empirical research point of view. I am a passionate …
Bribery in the country has reached endemic levels while the proceeds of grand corruption are handsomely hidden in off-shore centres. Please find here the report.
Terwijl aan de voordeur van de EU (op papier) gestreefd wordt naar tal van klimaatdoelen, wordt in de economie van onze Oost-Europese achtertuin door aanhoudende schending van milieuwetgeving streefdoelen tegengewerkt of zelfs ongedaan gemaakt. Dit gaat grotendeels onopgemerkt: de aandacht van onze handhaving is meer gericht op de zoveelste verdovende middelen smokkelaar. Dit artikel maakt …
The volume: “The Janus-faces of cross-border crime in Europe” is the most recent issue of the Cross-border Crime Colloquium, the result of the annual meeting in Bratislava of known experts and up-coming young researchers in Europe. The contributions highlight the many-faced manifestations of cross-border crime, ranging from human smuggling and trafficking to money-laundering and mafia …
Also this year a Cross-border Crime Colloquium was held, this year in Ukraine, Kharkiv: the 19th. As the pictures show, this Cross-border Crime Colloquium, from 17-19 June hosted by the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, has been impeccably organised: reception, diners and a sightseeing tour around the second largest town of Ukraine. The participation was again …
In addition to my previous blog, and anticipating a new round of editing of the coming Colloquium book. I thought how to provide some more practical advices. Let me by way of thinking-aloud write down a few writing principles. A good writer knows his reader The first writing down is for your own understanding. But …
The functioning of our mind knows roughly two facets: content and method. Matters of content have to be filled with images: pictures, colours, smells and events. The so-called creative mind lines them up, scrambles them and re-orders them again. If he likes the new image, he keeps it for a while in his memory, until …
The Crossborder Crime Network has published another book from its colloquium of 2016 in Newcastle. Take a look at the table of content and read the introductory chapter here. Here is the link to the CCC website, where you can find the purchase link to all of the books. This is a group photo of …
On June 20th, the CCC network convened in Bratislava. The event was hosted by the Comenius University. Here are some pictures of the event.