Special Issue Call for Paper: Financial and economic crimes and measures to combat these crimes are pressing national and international policy concerns in the Global South. Although these crimes pose imminent challenges with dire economic implications, they remain largely under-researched from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The absence of multidisciplinary studies poses a barrier to advancing broader research agenda and the implementation of more comprehensive regulatory responses. Hence, it has become critical to enhance understanding and inform more effective local and transnational responses. This special issue will convene cutting-edge research on the different disciplines within financial and economic crimes to advance thinking on its different perspectives and support nuanced, rigorous and innovative research and responses. Global South perspectives on conceptualising economic crime is similarly broad, acknowledging that a wide range of contexts fall within its scope. The connecting thread of the special issue will be the interdisciplinary embeddedness of economic crimes. We are particularly interested in submissions related to the following areas as they apply across disciplines of financial and economic crime, regulation, public policy, and international relations.


Event:The discussions and presentations featured reflected the complexity and multifaceted nature of financial crime in various regions in the Global South and across disciplines. From the insightful analysis of Bangladesh's response to Ponzi schemes to the exploration of anti-money laundering regimes in Indonesia, discussions traversed various landscapes of economic crime. Participants delved into the challenges of regulating cryptocurrency in the Caribbean, and the role of computational linguistics in financial crime investigations. These topics not only highlighted technological advancements but also underscored the need for innovative approaches in how economic crimes are handled.