Globalization of White-Collar Crime: Far and Beyond National Jurisdictions

Globalización de la delincuencia de cuello blanco: Más allá de las jurisdicciones nacionales

• Yuriy Lutsenko National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8731-2941
• Victor Motyl National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1790-6741
• Anatolii Tarasiuk State Investigation Bureau, Lviv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9563-6922
• Vitalii Areshonkov National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1776-1220
• Yaroslav Diakin National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-0151
• Dmitriy Kamensky Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-2514

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4176.03

Keywords: white-collar crime, globalization of crime, national security, money laundering, comparative legal research, jurisdiction and prosecution

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to research the modern phenomenon of global white-collar crime, its socially harmful forms and to discuss methods of fighting such criminality internationally. In the course of the research, several general and special scientific methods were used. Special focus was laid on comparing models of enforcing economic crimes in different jurisdictions. A general overview of today’s interconnected economic systems is provided. A link between economic security and national (including information) security is explained. With reference to numerous publications on the issues of white-collar crime it is suggested that this topic is of significant practical meaning to national governments. Based on the example of several white-collar crimes, including tax evasion, money laundering and insider trading, a conclusion was made on the complexity of prosecuting economic offenses, when criminal activity goes beyond any national jurisdiction. Challenges of procedural nature, which relate to investigation and prosecution of such crimes, are discussed as well. As a general conclusion, it is argued that modern phenomenon of economic globalization significantly underlines the importance of the implementation of comparative, multi-jurisdictional research into the field of white-collar crime enforcement.

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