ABSTRACT
The conceptualisation of corporate criminality is a vital issue for criminological debate that also has serious implications for governments and enforcers at national and international levels. Insights into the organisation of corporate criminality add to our understanding of ‘who’ and ‘how’ questions. This chapter critically considers the cultural and political context of corporate criminality in Ukraine in order to answer the question, ‘Who are the main corporate offenders and how do they organise their criminal conduct?’ We draw on examples within the Ukrainian gas industry to critically examine the ways Business-Administrative Groups and the political elite engage in business activities. Our study supports the development of a synthesised, state-corporate, white-collar framework to adequately understand corporate criminality.
