Banks: Fraud and Crime, 2nd Edition

Professor Joseph J Norton and Dr George Walker

Banks: Fraud and Crime explores the main issues which arise in bank fraud world-wide and looks at the possible options available for corrective action. A series of leading commentators examine the basic nature of bank fraud and financial crime, comparing the legal and regulatory framework in England to those in place in the USA and elsewhere.

2nd Edition, 2000
978-1-85978-550-8

Price: £300 (£300.00 after discount)

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Published in association with the London Institute of International Banking, Finance and Development Law and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies

Banks: Fraud and Crime explores the main issues which arise in bank fraud world-wide and looks at the possible options available for corrective action. A series of leading commentators examine the basic nature of bank fraud and financial crime, comparing the legal and regulatory framework in England to those in place in the USA and elsewhere. Banks: Fraud and Crime also takes a detailed look at the core issue of money laundering at a national, regional and international level as well as considering the many other complex issues arising from bank fraud and financial crime.

The second edition includes several new chapters on issues such as:

  • Internet payment services and crime in cyberspace
  • The American Thrift Crisis - the relationship between financial fraud and insolvency
  • Operational Risk - an examination of the circumstances surrounding the recent collapse of Barings, the losses suffered by Diawa Bank and the failure of Long Term Capital Management and the lessons to be learnt from each
  • Effective corporate governance - initiatives adopted at international, regional and nationals levels.

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