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The past and present of transnational organized crime in America (2021)
Book Chapter
Woodiwiss, M., & Young, M. (2021). The past and present of transnational organized crime in America. In F. Allum, & S. Gilmour (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime (90-140). (Second). OXON: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003044703

This fully revised new edition provides a definitive and holistic overview of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in a world in which right wing populism has gained ground, trade wars are increasing, climate change is a reality and Covid poses a chal... Read More about The past and present of transnational organized crime in America.

Missing migrants: Legal obligations and psychosocial implications for families (2021)
Thesis
Eda, L. Missing migrants: Legal obligations and psychosocial implications for families. (Thesis). University of Bournemouth. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10230142

This thesis is an analysis of the responses and obligations of states towards missing migrants and their surviving families from a legal, policy and psychosocial perspective in the context of the Europe migrant crisis. Governed by the UK migration po... Read More about Missing migrants: Legal obligations and psychosocial implications for families.

Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper (2021)
Report
Bourton, S., Hall, D., Johnson, D., & Ryder, N. (2021). Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper. Law Commission

This response identifies that there is an overwhelming consensus amongst law enforcement authorities, academics, and other stakeholders, that the identification doctrine frustrates the prosecution of corporations for economic crimes. This is because,... Read More about Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper.

Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation? (2021)
Book Chapter
Ramgulam, V., & Bourton, S. (2021). Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation?. In A. Lui, & N. Ryder (Eds.), FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Routledge

Ever since imposition of the first income tax, individuals have attempted to evade their tax liabilities. Tax evasion involves the non-payment of a tax liability that taxpayer was legally obligated to pay, usually because relevant information, income... Read More about Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation?.

Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform (2021)
Report
Bourton, S. Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform. Law Commission

Historically, little use was made of the criminal justice system in addressing tax evasion in the United Kingdom (UK), with tax authorities preferring to conduct civil investigations, resulting in the imposition of civil penalties. From 1998-2002, th... Read More about Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform.

Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Eda, L. (2021, July). Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies. Presented at Association of Pyschosocial Studies (APS) International Conference, University of Essex and online

Starting from the premise that dead bodies are beyond the reach of sovereign power and power has a grip on it only in statistical terms (Foucault, 2003), dead bodies in migration whether Alan Kurdi’s or Valeria Martínez and father’s indicate the powe... Read More about Does bare life become bare bodies upon Death? On the biopolitics of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and drawing of lines between mournable and unmournable psychosocial bodies.

How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Eda, L. (2021). How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 54(2), 343-412

All over the world, several thousands of migrants go missing when they attempt to flee from war, violence, persecution, repressive regimes, systematic human rights violations etc. Thousands die each year in deadly shipwrecks in a desperate attempt to... Read More about How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective.

Law commission conference: Voice of the child and art (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Whewell, E. (2021, April). Law commission conference: Voice of the child and art. Presented at Law Commission Conference (14th Programme of Law Reform), London

This is the slide I created and relied on for my 'pitch' for law reform at the Law Commission Conference (14th Programme of Law Reform) on 23rd April 2021.

Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bourton, S. (2021, March). Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK. Presented at Dissemination event for the EU-funded PROTAX project, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University

E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2021, March). E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea?. Paper presented at Stakeholders Consultation on Trafficking of Dangerous Substances through Exploitation of E-Wallet Services, Vienna

This presentation is divided into three parts. Part I provides a brief overview of E-Wallets, it identifies their unprecedented growth and identifies their abuse by money launderers. Part II comments on the effectiveness of the traditional anti-mon... Read More about E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea?.

Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2021, February). Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities. Paper presented at Lincoln University Staff Seminar Series, Lincoln University

This presentation identifies a detailed and authoritative terrorism financing fraud typology and a disjointed counter-terrorism financing/counter-fraud policies. The paper recommends that the fraud typology could be used as a disruptive mechanism an... Read More about Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities.