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2 results foundAuthor: Australia. The Treasury Title: Improving Black Economy Enforcement and Offences Summary: Introduction The black economy covers a range of activities that fall outside of the visibility of regulators, and is constantly evolving. The black economy harms those less able to protect themselves (e.g. migrant workers) and penalises those doing the right thing (e.g. businesses complying with regulations). These people bear the cost of the individuals and businesses dishonestly participating in the black economy. While the financial costs for individuals and businesses are significant, it is the societal costs that can cause the most harm. The black economy undermines trust and creates an uneven playing field. In response to this, the Government established the Black Economy Taskforce (the Taskforce) in December 2016 following an initial investigation by the Board of Taxation which showed that a concerted effort was needed to halt or reverse growth in the black economy. The Black Economy Taskforce Final report (the Taskforce’s Report) illustrated the complexity of the problem, with 80 recommendations (including supplementary recommendations) spanning the whole economy. 1.2 A more targeted, stronger and more visible approach to enforcement The Government responded with a whole of government strategy, including funding to educate the public and greater enforcement (including visibility of enforcement) to combat black economy activities, as well as a commitment to a more targeted, stronger and more visible approach to enforcement. This consultation paper seeks views on a number of proposed amendments to black economy offences and penalties, and a proposal to streamline prosecution processes, as part of that commitment. Details: Canberra, Australia: The Treasury, 2018. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 16, 2019 at: https://static.treasury.gov.au/uploads/sites/1/2018/11/Consultation-Paper-Improving-black-economy-enforcement-and-offences.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Australia URL: https://treasury.gov.au/consultation/c2018-343865/ Shelf Number: 154173 Keywords: Black Economy Black Economy Taskforce Black Market Underground Market |
Author: Hanif, Nafis Title: Conversations with a Crime Boss: Doing Asian Criminal Business Summary: Abstract Media piracy, in Malaysia, is organised through illicit negotiations between a dominant crime syndicate and consumers, street-corner gang leaders, the Malaysian police, custom officers and directors of the Malaysian Film Censorship Board. These key social actors who crossover class, race, religion, gang membership, and bridge porous legitimate and illegitimate commercial and political sectors of society establish a mutually collaborative relationship by negotiating their asymmetrical social capital, according to a conventional cost-benefit analysis. Contextual analyses of these illicit interactions identify criminal enterprise opportunities and plot the interactive progress of enterprise as it unfolds, against models of organisational and functional inter-connection. The dominant crime syndicate leader, whose perspective pervades this paper, strategically negotiates a cooperative relationship with corrupt regulators (1) to ensure the marketability of pirated films among consumers is unrivaled by legitimate suppliers, (2) to operate a profitable criminal enterprise that is uninterrupted by social control agents, and (3) to dominate the role of primary supplier of pirated DVDs and enforce order among other criminal groups within the illegitimate sector of society. In arguing the salience and specific business location of enterprise theory to appreciate organised crime and debunk normative theoretical frameworks of race, class, gender, this paper argues differing methodological frameworks to be a primary cause of the discordance. The ‘two-napkins’ methodology employed in this paper is shown to be more advantages over those of preceding studies where enterprise is the research concern. Interactive variant analysis enables rather than confuse as it has in the past, understanding Asian organized crime as business. Details: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Law School, 2010. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 19, 2019 at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2222/ Year: 2010 Country: International URL: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3479&context=soss_research Shelf Number: 154264 Keywords: Asia Black Market Crime Boss Criminal Enterprise Criminal Networks Criminal Syndicates Enterprise Theory Gang Leaders Mafia Media Piracy Pirated Films Two-Napkins Methodology Underground Market |