RT Article
T1 The thin line between legitimate and criminal enterprises: subsidy frauds in the European Community
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 19
IS 3
SP 223
OP 243
A1 Passas, Nikos
A2 Nelken, David 1949-
LA English
YR 1993
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884352901
AB This paper describes and analyses a large fraud against the financial interests of the European Community (EC). On the basis of this case and our interviews with officials in five EC countries, we highlight structural impediments to the control of such frauds, draw parallels with other research on organisational crime and suggest that the distinction between "organised crime" and "white-collar crime" be abandoned in favour of an "enterprise model" of crime. We conclude by pointing out that legal changes and strict controls alone cannot substantially reduce the huge potential for EC frauds, especially in view of the abolition of EC's internal borders in 1993. Antifraud policies must also address the underlying structural factors.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 239-243
K1 European Community
K1 International Relation
K1 Strict Control
K1 Structural Factor
K1 Thin Line
DO 10.1007/BF01844060