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White-collar crime is unlawful activity (typically nonviolent in nature) carried out by the likes of business professionals, lawyers, public or corporate administrative employees and intended to obtain financial gain by fraudulent means.
Viktor Kožený, who was behind some of the Czech Republic’s most notorious white-collar crime in the 1990s, remains at large in the Bahamas.
Such crimes can include violating a variety of laws, but typically they are economic in nature, such as tax fraud, misappropriation, corruption, and money laundering. White-collar crimes are serious and occur frequently, yet they are often overlooked inasmuch as they may be elaborately concealed and because many consider them to be less serious than violent crimes and therefore fail to recognize their impacts on businesses and individuals. Such impacts include serious economic damage, distortion of markets, and undermining the principles of rule of law.
Zločiny bílých límečků jsou nezákonná činnost (typicky nenásilné povahy), kterou provádí například profesionálové v byznysu, administrativní a kancelářští pracovníci.
Viktor Kožený, který stál za některými z nejznámějších zločinů bílých límečků v 90. letech, zůstává na svobodě na Bahamách.
Tyto zločiny mohou zahrnovat porušování různých zákonů, ale obvykle jsou ekonomické povahy, jako například daňové podvody, zpronevěra, korupce či praní špinavých peněz. Zločiny bílých límečků jsou závažné a časté, ale jsou často přehlížené, protože mohou být důmyslně skryté a protože je mnoho lidí považuje za méně závažné než násilné zločiny, a nevidí tak důsledky, které mají na firmy a občany. Tyto dopady zahrnují vážné ekonomické škody, pokřivení trhu, a podkopávání principů právního státu.
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