In the media, the so-called cum/ex trades were addressed as the biggest tax robbery in history. In a few years, the financial trading scheme caused an estimated damage to European state treasuries of ca. 50 billion euros. Through highly complex transactions, a network of equity traders, banks,...

PART I: Introduction: the global anti-corruption framework -- 1 The future of anti-corruption: towards a global system of prevention and justice / Lorenzo Pasculli and Nicholas Ryder -- PART II: Criminal justice: international and national frameworks -- 2 The fight against international...

pt. 1. Defining and measuring white-collar and corporate crime in Europe -- pt. 2. Historical perspectives on white-collar and corporate crime in Europe -- pt. 3. Contemporary white-collar and corporate crime in Europe -- pt. 4. Responses to white-collar crime in Europe -- pt. 5. Anglo-American...

We document that the first leak of customer information from a tax haven bank caused a significant decrease in the market value of Swiss banks known to be assisting with tax evasion and that the decrease was largest for the banks most strongly involved. These findings suggest that markets...

We document that the first leak of customer information from a tax haven bank caused a sudden flight of deposits from tax havens and a sharp decrease in the market value of banks known to be assisting with tax evasion. The loss of market value was largest for the banks most strongly involved in...

The World Customs Organization (Organisation Mondiale des Dounaes) is an intergovernmental organization of more than 170 Member States that was founded as European Customs Cooperation Council in 1952. This paper gives a brief overview of its history and legal milestones.

Some scientists and authorities are arguing that tariffs are growing more and more unimportant since eight GATT/WTO-Tariff-Rounds have resulted in tremendous reductions of the original tariff rates in the late 1940ies. The Non-Tariff-Measures however are gaining more importance. A...