Ėkonomicheskie prestuplenii︠a︡

A discussion of the political and legal aspects of economic crime and the threat of corruption on all levels of government. The author compares the situation in Russia with that in the U.S. and selected Asian and Pacific countries. Topics covered include the underground economy and organized crime; organized crime in Korea and Japan; crime policy and criminal law in the U.S.; banking crime; money laundering; paper securities fraud; customs and tax crime.