Systemic Economic Offences as International Crimes

This open access book asks whether international economic crime can qualify as an international crime and be prosecuted as such. Taking a four-part approach to the question, it traces the origins of the concept of international economic crime, and draws the line between ordinary economic crimes and...

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Main Author: Citeroni, Nicole
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2026
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description This open access book asks whether international economic crime can qualify as an international crime and be prosecuted as such. Taking a four-part approach to the question, it traces the origins of the concept of international economic crime, and draws the line between ordinary economic crimes and economic offences of international significance. To this end, it examines six cases involving the commissions of serious economic crimes in different regions of the world, including Europe, the Americas and Africa: the crime of grand corruption in the Petrobras case; the theft of natural resources in the Niger Delta region and Liberia; the international money-laundering scheme in the Bolichicos case; the crime of financing terrorism in the Chiquita case; the Volkswagen conspiracy case in the US and the Haarde case related to gross-negligence in preventing serious economic damage. It then goes on to discuss a potential sui generis category of international economic crimes, before considering the advantages and the challenges of the multilevel enforcement system of international criminal justice in prosecuting such crimes. This book provides an innovative and original avenue for the analysis of a controversial and yet overlooked topic in international criminal law. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1757312026-04-20T08:31:14Z Systemic Economic Offences as International Crimes Citeroni, Nicole Public international law International criminal law International economic law Petrobas case Chiquita case Volkswagen case Niger Delta Haarde case thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBM Public international law: economic and trade::LBBM3 Public international law, economic and trade: investment treaties and disputes thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBZ Public international law: criminal law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law This open access book asks whether international economic crime can qualify as an international crime and be prosecuted as such. Taking a four-part approach to the question, it traces the origins of the concept of international economic crime, and draws the line between ordinary economic crimes and economic offences of international significance. To this end, it examines six cases involving the commissions of serious economic crimes in different regions of the world, including Europe, the Americas and Africa: the crime of grand corruption in the Petrobras case; the theft of natural resources in the Niger Delta region and Liberia; the international money-laundering scheme in the Bolichicos case; the crime of financing terrorism in the Chiquita case; the Volkswagen conspiracy case in the US and the Haarde case related to gross-negligence in preventing serious economic damage. It then goes on to discuss a potential sui generis category of international economic crimes, before considering the advantages and the challenges of the multilevel enforcement system of international criminal justice in prosecuting such crimes. This book provides an innovative and original avenue for the analysis of a controversial and yet overlooked topic in international criminal law. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University. 2026-04-20T08:31:13Z 2026-04-20T08:31:13Z 2026-04-16T09:00:34Z 2026 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781509986606_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112261 9781509986606 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175731 eng Studies in International Law open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Hart Publishing b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781509986606 Hart Publishing 256 London open access
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Haarde case
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Systemic Economic Offences as International Crimes
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International criminal law
International economic law
Petrobas case
Chiquita case
Volkswagen case
Niger Delta
Haarde case
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