ABSTRACT
A recent report (Interpol, 2011: 1), Financial and High-Tech Crimes, states that “Financial and high-tech crimes [such as] currency counterfeiting, money laundering, intellectual property crime, payment card fraud, computer virus attacks, and cyber terrorism … can aect all levels of society.” e report continues. “Currency counterfeiting and money laundering have the potential to destabilize national economies and threaten global security, as these activities are sometimes used by terrorists and other dangerous criminals to ‡nance their activities or conceal their pro‡ts.”
