ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC MONEY LAUNDERING CRIMINAL CASES EVOLUTION IN ROMANIA
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Authors:
• Petrisor GRUIA, Afiliation: University of Valahia Targoviste, Romania
• Liliana MANEA, email: lilyanamanea@yahoo.com, Afiliation: University Athenaeum Bucharest, Romania
• Larisa MANEA, Afiliation: University of Valahia Targoviste, RomaniaPages:
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Keywords: money laundering, criminal cases, tax evasion, underground economy, organized crime
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Abstract:
This article intends to put into the light an analysis about the evolution of money laundering criminal cases in Romania, being confident about mirroring the Romanian authorities’ implication on this matter, too. Through the included study, we generally concluded that for the last 10 years, the economic criminal cases had a constantly growing up trend, and the money laundering cases, as well. Tax evasion is enlighten as the most used illicit method associated with money laundering phenomena. We think future fight against money laundering mechanism should be increase, a better knowledge about the real causes and the encountered effects will be necessary for academic and governmental reflections. The limitation of this analysis is about the quantitative approach and how accurate the Ministry of Justice has made public all data incurred on the economic criminal cases on this period.