SWINDLING ON CREDIT - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32523
• Author(s): P MEYERS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 14 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION BY NELSON ROSE FROM AN ORIGINAL WORK IN FRENCH APPEARING IN REVUE DE DROIT PENAL ET DE CRIMINOLOGIE, V 54, N 2-3 (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1973)

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF LEGAL PROVISIONS IN LUXEMBOURG APPLICABLE TO SWINDLING IN CONNECTION WITH VARIOUS COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS AND INSTALLMENT PLAN SELLING, WITH PROPOSALS FOR NEW LEGISLATION TO COVER OFFENSES OF THIS TYPE.

Abstract

SWINDLING AND THE LAWS APPLYING TO IT IN CONNECTION WITH LOANS AND CREDIT ACCOUNTS, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BAD CHECKS AND CREDIT CARDS ARE DISCUSSED. CASE HISTORIES ARE PRESENTED. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES LUXEMBOURG AS AN IMPORTANT BANK AND FINANCIAL CENTER WHICH IS THREATENED BY ORGANIZED, INTERNATIONAL, WHITE COLLAR CRIME. HE CONTENDS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS HE PRESENTS SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN ORDER TO BRING LUXEMBOURG ABREAST OF THE REST OF EUROPE IN REGARD TO LAWS COVERING SWINDLING AND FRAUD. FURTHERMORE, MORE COMPLETE RECONCILIATION OF THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THESE OFFENSES IN THE EEC (EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY) COUNTRIES SHOULD BE ARRANGED - FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE EXTRADITION OF SWINDLERS IS DESIRABLE. THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECT OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE FUTURE THAN IT ALREADY IS. FOR THE ORIGINAL OF THIS DOCUMENT IN FRENCH, SEE NCJ-28802.