Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether opportunities for fraud and corruption might be reduced or increased by rules governing public procurement. The focus is on specific European legislation – Procurement Directive 2004/18 on the coordination of procedures for the award...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the prospects for and some foreseeable consequences of more intensive enforcement action against insider trading in the context of the UK, within the EU and international contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is...

Without prejudice to the idea that criminal law should be brought to bear upon tax evasion, in this paper the authors focus on the potential of European Community (EC) law in the frame‐work of economic regulation, trade and the fight for employment. Their argument is directed at evasion of all...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the prospects for and some foreseeable consequences of more intensive enforcement action against insider trading in the context of the UK, within the EU and international contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is...