Policing political protest in Lithuania

Abstract  This article analyzes policing political protest in post-independent Lithuania. It argues that since the early 2000s, policing
of political protest as an issue has increased in importance as Lithuania has experienced political [...]

Water always finds its way: Identifying new forms of money laundering

Abstract  Money laundering regulations have become stricter over time and involve more and more actors. This means that the accountability
of laundering regulation will become more important; theoretically, money laundering should have [...]



Promoting financial inclusion for effective anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)

Abstract  “Financial inclusion” is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs, especially to the disadvantaged and low income
populations. Financial inclusion has gained some importance in the last few decades as a result of [...]

The context of invisible finance

The context of invisible finance
Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-12DOI 10.1007/s10611-011-9349-7Authors
Sara Hsu, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, USA

Journal Crime, Law and Social ChangeOnline ISSN 1573-0751Print ISSN [...]

Combining value for money with increased aid to fragile states: welcome partnership or clash of agendas?

Abstract  This article examines the origins and main strands of recent debates within the international development community regarding
the tensions between increasing aid allocation to so-called ‘fragile states’ and growing domestic [...]



Aid, governance and corruption control: a critical assessment

Abstract  If the OECD’s Development Co-operation Report for 2009 is correct in its claim that ‘The international aid effort now adds up to less than the sum of its parts’, then continued rapid growth in aid transfers is likely to [...]

China’s alternative remittance system: channels and size of “hot money” flows

Abstract  As the Federal Reserve engages in its second quantitative easing monetary policy, global emerging economies will suffer a
shock of 600 billion dollars of funds. What is more, the Federal Reserve will continue to follow a policy of [...]

Interaction orders of drug dealing spaces: local orders of sensemaking in a poor black American place

Abstract  Based on ethnographic data, this essay analyzes the social order properties of a poor urban street, in a small city in the
northeast United States, on which drug dealing is the principle occupation. Rather than treating drug [...]

Understanding success and failure of anti-corruption initiatives

Abstract  This paper focuses on the success and failure of anti-corruption initiatives; focusing mainly on those in developing countries.
Through a review of extant evidence, it finds a very mixed picture within which there is widespread [...]

The hidden trillions: Secrecy, corruption, and the offshore interface

Abstract  This paper considers the role of secrecy jurisdictions in creating a supply-side stimulus for corrupt practices and explores
the use of the newly created Financial Secrecy Index as a tool for assessing and ranking such [...]