Information on Financial Scandals

This page contains links to important sources of information on financial scandals, corruption and fraud, miscellaneous articles on this topic, organisations providing advice and useful sources for further research.

General Sources on Corruption or Alleged Financial Wrong-Doing



Offshore Business News & Research OBNR provides offshore business information on companies and individuals operating in countries where independent and accurate information is often difficult to obtain. Since the launch of its investigative newsletters in February, 1997, the company has exposed numerous frauds in the Bermuda-Caribbean region.

Crimenet Links to Crime, Law Enforcement and Espionage Sites Although it is not specifically devoted to financial crimes this site might be of interest to people who wish to follow up related topics.

Research Committee on Political Finance and Corruption Part of the International Political Science Association.

Business and Financial Ethics Internet Resource Center The Centre is a library of on-line information concerning business and financial ethics sponsored by the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

The Independent Banking Advisory Service IBAS exists to give advice to people who are having problems with banks in Britain.

National Association of Bank/Insurance Customers An independent self help group for all private and commercial users of UK bank and insurance services.

National Westminster Bank Fraud A web site created by Umang Malhotra to publicise his disputes with the National Westminster Bank.

Corruption et criminalité économique A large selection of links from the Strategic Road site which also covers many related topics. There are also details of books in French on corruption.

J. Orlin Grabbe's Home Page Grabbe is a prolific writer on the subject of shady financial dealings and related topics.

Shmuel Vaknin's Macedonian Experience Site Vaknin is an Israeli economist. His site has several articles on financial scandals, including one on the typology of financial scandals. Although many of Vaknin's articles deal with the Macedonian economy he claims that the Macedonian economic experience is so generic and so widespread, so varied and so concentrated - that it really served as an ideal laboratory.

Stock Detective Stock Detective ventures into dens of dubious dealings to uncover the truth for all investors.

TheTruthseeker.com An Interactive Online Magazine and E-mail service site with a mission to expose the underbelly of Wall Street.

Mario's Cyberspace Station A website covering espionage, political wrong-doing, and corruption. It is the creation of Mario Profaca, a Croatian journalist. Among the pages are ones on scandalous money and dirty money.

Internet Scambusters A free electronic newsletter on Internet-based scams. The site has links to other relevant sites.

Money Fraud: Financial Scandals An About.Com feature with links to sources of information.

AuditNet's Fraud/Investigative Resources Links selected by Jim Kaplan of AuditNet.

Government Accountability Project The mission of the US Government Accountability Project is to protect the public interest and promote government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers and empowering citizen activists. The site includes some links to whistleblower sites in other countries.