Financial Crime and Corruption 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Publications Imprint, Skopje 2007 First published by United Press International - UPI Not for Sale! Non-commercial edition. c 2002-7 Copyright Lidija Rangelovska. All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska - write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive -Click HERE! ISBN: 9989-929-36-X http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html http://samvak.tripod.com/briefs.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Slush Funds II. Corruption and Transparency III. Money Laundering in a Changed World IV. Hawala, the Bank that Never Was V. Straf - Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe VI. The Kleptocracies of the East VII. Russia's Missing Billions VIII. The Enrons of the East IX. The Typology of Financial Scandals X. The Shadowy World of International Finance XI. Maritime Piracy XII. Legalizing Crime XIII. Begging Your Trust in Africa XIV. Organ Trafficking in east Europe XV. Arms Sales to Rogue States XVI. The Industrious Spies XVII. Russia's Idled Spies XVIII. The Business of Torture XIX. The Criminality of Transition XX. The Economics of Conspiracy Theories XXI. The Demise of the Work Ethic XXII. The Morality of Child Labor XXIII. The Myth of the Earnings Yield XXIV. The Future of the SEC XXV. Trading from a Suitcase - Shuttle Trade XXVI. The Blessings of the Black Economy XXVII. Public Procurement and Very Private Benefits XXVIII. Crisis of the Bookkeepers XXIX. Competition Laws XXX. The Benefits of Oligopolies XXXI. Anarchy as an Organizing Principle XXXII. Narcissism in the Boardroom XXXIII. The Revolt of the Poor and Intellectual Property Rights XXXIV. The Kidnapping of Content XXXV. The Economics of Spam XXXVI. The Content Downloader's Profile XXXVII. The Fabric of Economic Trust XXXVIII. The Distributive Justice of the Market XXXIX. The Agent-Principal Conundrum XL. The Green-eyed Capitalist XLI. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XLII. Market Impeders and Market Inefficiencies XLIII. The Pettifogger Procurators XLIV. Microsoft's Third Front XLV. NGOs - The Self-appointed Altruists XLVI. Who is Guarding the Guards XLVII. The Honorary Academic XLVIII. Rasputin in Transition XLIX. The Eureka Connection L. The Treasure Trove of Kosovo LI. Milosevic's Treasure Island LII. Macedonia's Augean Stables LIII.