Project Gutenberg 2007-09-23 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 1256 Vaknin, Samuel 1961 Vaknin, Sam Vaknin, Shmuel Rangelovska, Lidija Financial Crime and Corruption "Financial Crime and Corruption" by Samuel Vaknin is a comprehensive examination of global financial misconduct, including corruption, embezzlement, and money laundering, written in the early 21st century. The text serves as an analytical and educational account aimed at understanding the mechanisms and implications of corrupt practices in both political and economic contexts. It delves into various case studies and theories regarding financial crime, illustrating the pervasive nature of these issues across different countries and systems. The opening of the book discusses the concept of slush funds, providing historical examples that showcase their misuse in both government and corporate environments. It highlights incidents like the FBI's Operation Swordfish and the corrupt practices of several politicians and organizations, emphasizing the detrimental effects of slush funds on public trust and governance. By setting the stage with concrete examples and precedents, Vaknin provides readers with a foundational understanding of how financial misconduct unfolds and proliferates within institutional frameworks, foreshadowing the broader discussions that will follow throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Commercial crimes Money laundering HV Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Sociology Category: Law & Criminology Category: Politics Category: Business/Management Category: Economics 768441 2025-06-09T13:37:41.481151 text/html 760517 2023-11-09T14:53:33 text/html 384724 2025-06-09T13:37:53.508094 application/epub+zip 398192 2025-06-09T13:37:45.452125 application/epub+zip 375082 2025-06-09T13:37:43.932137 application/epub+zip 718213 2025-06-09T13:38:00.096563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673322 2025-06-09T13:37:52.493077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 634242 2022-09-10T15:04:52.286825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732466 2025-06-09T13:37:40.018144 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 732610 2020-09-03T21:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16679 2025-06-09T13:38:00.246519 application/rdf+xml 17376 2025-06-09T13:37:44.541099 image/jpeg 4147 2025-06-09T13:37:44.231089 image/jpeg 379753 2025-06-09T13:37:41.546154 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia