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AI is now the machine deciding whether your payment goes through. And when it makes a mistake, the system isn’t designed to tell you why.
The rise in the use of stablecoins poses a risk of dollarisation across Africa.
Technology bubbles have often concealed major frauds. From the railway boom to the Madoff affair, are there warning signs at the heart of the current AI frenzy?
The law requires crowdfunded startups to report back to investors. The reality? Most don’t.
Despite a 100% increase in complaints over the past decade, corruption and white-collar crime go largely unprosecuted in New Zealand – to the detriment of victims.
Stopping bank closures in the Pacific is vital for the economic wellbeing of island communities and their trading relationships with other countries.
Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
Higher education institutions are not explicitly included within the UK’s anti-money laundering regulations.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Numerous terrorist attacks in the UK and abroad have been financed by fraud and the government needs to close financial loopholes to prevent future tragedies.
The deal would raise the ceiling for two years, cap some federal spending and impose new work requirements on certain federal benefits. It still needs the blessing of Congress.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to raise the debt ceiling – and avoid an unprecedented US default – but only if Democrats agree to freeze spending and agree to several other demands.
In the Charitable Corporation Scandal, a group of politically connected directors leveraged the company’s altruistic image to attract investors – before raiding the funds to prop up other ventures.
Both ‘cum ex’ and Enron scandals show how traders can manipulate complex financial regulations to their advantage.
A New Zealand Court of Appeal decision set a precedent last month. Offenders who can prove their personal addiction played a role in their crime are now eligible for a shorter sentence.
The investigations into the financial dealings of Donald Trump and his associates join a growing body of evidence pointing to lax enforcement of certain high-level financial crime.
Denmark’s biggest financial institution has admitted that around €200 billion of questionable money flowed through its Estonian branch from 2007-15.
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Professor of Data Analytics, Bangor University
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Professor of Law, Cardiff University
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of History & Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Professor of Law, University of East London
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Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Finance, Bangor University
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Deputy Chair of Business Administration, Touro University
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