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Corruption, greed and crime-money. Sleaze and shady economy in Europe and beyond. Petrus C. van Duyne, Jackie Harvey, Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Klaus von Lampe, Almir Maljević,Anna Markovska (eds.), Wolf Legal Publishers 2014 Nijmegen (NETH), ISBN: 978-94-6240-128-0, (414 pages)
Duyne, Petrus C. van; Harvey, Jackie; Antonopoulos, Georgios A.; Lampe, Klaus von; Anna Markovska

Corruption, economic and organised crime continues to affect European society as anywhere in the world. It seeps through every crack of the structures of civil society: whether it concerns trade and industry, the public administration or the governments. This is not an outside threat against which society can defend itself by establishing more defence mechanisms. It originates from within as the driving force - greed - is not an outside driver. It manifests itself in perverse reward systems within enterprises, disinterested governments, ill-considered law enforcement policies, greedy power games of authorities, or the still prevalent lenient approach to white collar crime. Within these institutional weaknesses one must always search for actors of flesh and blood: from captains of industry to the street cop; from the power builders in board rooms to the clerk at his desk. At all levels greed satisfaction through corrupt rent seeking contributes to a weakening of our social fabric. This is not a very surprising observation. Basically it is the same old song: retrospectively humans remain true to themselves in manifesting the same basic greedy criminal conduct over time and space. One would almost resign to such a tedious story, if it were not for the good message: one always finds counter-movements working against such abuses. Whether and to what extent such counter-movements are coherent and cost-effective is difficult to judge, though all these lofty intentions must be followed with a critical eye. The crime-money hunt has a quarter-century history by now, but the crime-monies still abound; all new EU Member States have Anti Corruption Agencies, but corruption continues to be rampant in those countries; the financial sector has been turned inside out, but old habits have returned. This thirteenth volume of the Cross-border Crime Colloquium, a mainstay in the critical discourse on crime and crime-control in Europe, contains the peer-reviewed contributions of 27 international experts shedding light on the wide range of topics related to greed and crime: corruption, money laundering, underground economy and criminal financial policy. The chapters are based on empirical data or critical theorising and highlight new aspects of this field.

The Cross-Border Crime Colloquium is an annual event since 1999. It brings together experts on international organised (economic) crime to discuss the latest developments in empirical research, legislation and law enforcement, with a special geographical focus on Western, Central, and Eastern Europe. The Colloquia aim at building bridges in three respects: between East and West Europe, between scholars and practitioners, and between old and young.

2019	Olsztyn, Poland
2021	Kongsvinger, Norway (Virtual)
2019	Utrecht, the Netherlands
2018	Kharkiv, Ukraine
2017	Bratislava, Slovakia
2016	Newcastle, United Kingdom
2015	Prague, Czech Republic
2014	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzeg.
2013	Cambridge, United Kingdom
2012	Manchester, United Kingdom
2011	Tilburg, The Netherlands
2009	Ghent, Belgium
2008	Beograd, Serbia
2007	Prague, Czech Republic
2006	Tallinn, Estonia
2005	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzeg.
2004	Berlin, Germany
2003	Ainring, Germany
2002	Ljubljana, Slovenia
2001	Bratislava, Slovakia
2000	Budapest, Hungary
1999	Prague, Czech Republic

The 22nd Cross-border Crime Colloquium will be hosted by the The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland on 10 and 11 October 2022. We will soon share the agenda and details on how to attend.
For information, please contact
Prof. Dr. Joanna Banach-Gutierrez: jbbanachgutierrez@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Petrus C. van Duyne: P.vanduyne@ziggo.nl

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