Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response.

Cross-border fraud, including its various forms such as online retail fraud, pyramid schemes, romance fraud and pig butchering, is a major problem around the world. Despite clear evidence that cross-border fraud is growing, there is little research charting the scale of cross-border fraud and the op...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Crime, Law & Social Change Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28
Autores principales: Button, Mark, Hock, Branislav, Suh, Joon Bae, Koh, Chol Soo
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2025
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=182204355&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 182204355
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        09254994
        CRG
      jtl: Crime, Law & Social Change
      issn: 09254994
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jun2025
      vid: 83
      iid: 1
      pid: 237
      pub: Springer Nature
    artinfo:
      ui:
        182204355
        10.1007/s10611-024-10186-2
      ppf: 1
      ppct: 27
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 1.8MB
      tig:
        atl: Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response.
      aug:
        au:
          Button, Mark
          Hock, Branislav
          Suh, Joon Bae
          Koh, Chol Soo
        affil:
          https://ror.org/03ykbk197 Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
          https://ror.org/02s89kd69 Korean National Police University, Asan-si, South Korea
          Korean Financial Crime Prevention Association, Seoul, South Korea
      keyword:
        Cross-border fraud
        Enforcement
        Policing
        Reform
        Sanctions
        Studies in Human Society Policy and Administration
        Cross-border fraud
        Enforcement
        Policing
        Reform
        Sanctions
        Studies in Human Society Policy and Administration
      ab: Cross-border fraud, including its various forms such as online retail fraud, pyramid schemes, romance fraud and pig butchering, is a major problem around the world. Despite clear evidence that cross-border fraud is growing, there is little research charting the scale of cross-border fraud and the optimal policing responses to deal with it. This paper aims to fill this research gap by exploring what we know about the nature of cross-border fraud and current policing response. Unlike in other crime areas with a cross-border element, international bodies and nation states have shown very little interest in addressing cross-border frauds through what we term the higher profile ‘above the surface’ activities. Instead, policing responses have been present on a much larger scale in the private sector ‘below the surface’, with much less profile. Moreover, the paper argues that while cooperation and coordination between the public and private sector actors is crucial, there are very few policing structures bringing these diverse actors together to tackle cross-border fraud, among other gaps. By drawing on examples of alternative structures dealing with cross-border economic crime, the paper informs policy-makers by mapping out key actions and structures which should be considered to better tackle the global problem of cross-border fraud.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N