GOVT 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: White-Collar Crime
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2009 european court of human rights case: held back bosnia from million of eu aid. European commission reviews: what they say needs to be improved and what bosnia has or has not done to fulfill these requirements. Corruption by the ethnic elites does not end at the government. In 1999, leaders of all three ethnic groups were reported to have embezzled up to billion from government coffers and government assistance (dobbins 149). This type of white collar crime only detracts from national growth and makes the government a more difficult beast to handle, since this means it needs more reform than simply on the level of governance and quotas. International interest in bosnia peaked in 1995-1996, when the country was being rebuilt. Since then, the amount of international aid has dramatically decreased. This phenomenon can be explained with a few different reasons.