International White Collar Crime

Contemporary transnational criminals take advantage of globalization, trade liberalization, and emerging new technologies to commit a diverse range of crimes and to move money, goods, services, and people instantaneously for purposes of pure economic gain, political violence, or both. This book captures the importance of transnational business crime and international relations by examining the rise of international economic crime and recent strategies in the United States and abroad to combat it.

The book is organized into three main sections. The first part discusses substantive crimes, particularly tax, money laundering and counterterrorism financial enforcement, transnational corruption, transnational organized crime, and export control and economic sanctions. The second part discusses procedural aspects of international white collar crime, namely extraterritorial jurisdiction, evidence gathering, extradition, and international prisoner transfer. The third part discusses the role of international organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank Group, INTERPOL, and economic integration groups.

Bruce Zagaris is a partner with the law firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, D.C. His practice includes criminal trial and appellate work. He has handled evidence gathering and extradition cases on both the interstate and international levels and cases involving prisoner transfer applications. He has consulted extensively for governments and international organizations. He has been an adjunct professor of law at several U.S. law schools. Since 1985, Zagaris has been the editor of the International Law Enforcement Reporter, which he founded. He has authored and edited several books and hundreds of articles on international law.

Bruce Zagaris

Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, D.C.

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First published 2010
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication dataZagaris, Bruce.International white collar crime : cases and materials / Bruce Zagaris.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 978-0-521-19468-6 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-521-12299-3 (pbk.)1. White collar crimes. 2. Transnational crime. 3. White collarcrimes – United States. I. Title.k5215.z34 2010345′.0268 – dc22 2009028964

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