Serious transnational organized criminals must always be on the alert for prospective places to hide and to secure their ill-gotten proceeds. Offshore havens have long been the harbor of choice for these criminals, as well as for legitimate businesspersons who evade taxes. The authors chronicle and analyze several case studies of grand-scale fraud and other crimes, complete with analysis of noteworthy criminals. The article concludes with an examination of the many permutations of the social networks that are necessary to carry out these schemes.
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